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Ecuador wants money not to drill
IPN News coverage
Alec van Gelder comments on a proposal by Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, that his country should be paid not to extract oil from the YasuníAmazon reserve.
China-Obama Trade Spat Hurts Everyone
IPN Letters
A letter published in the Wall Street Journal shows why trade protectionism is a race to the bottom
Famine also caused by bad policies
IPN Opinion article
Some claim that East Africa's looming famine is caused by drought, population or climate change, but the real cause is government policies which hinder subsistence farmers.
NGO gimmicks will not solve hunger
IPN Press release
On World Food Day (16 October), Caroline Boin challenged the claim that more government intervention is necessary to solve hunger in the world.
Food security in East Africa
IPN News coverage
On World Food Day (16 October), Alec van Gelder discusses the drought in East Africa, and how African governments' trade restrictions inhibit food security
Starving for Freedom
IPN Opinion article
Blame famine on trade restrictions, not on climate change or a lack of Western aid.
Combating fake medicines: health, IP and global politics
Issues such as intellectual property rights have prevented action in tackling the global menace of counterfeit and substandard medicines
East Africa's drought
IPN News coverage
Kendra Okonski discusses how government policy exacerbated the drought in East Africa in late 2009
