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News
Tourism is back to pre-pandemic levels, but challenges remain, study says
KAMPALA, May 21, 2024 – International tourist arrivals and the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to global gross domestic product [GDP] are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, driven by…
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International
Global minimum tax to hit French farm cooperatives
PARIS, October 5, 2023 – The global minimum corporate tax will hit big farm cooperatives in France. Presenting the 2024 budget bill recently, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire revealed that the cooperatives…
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Africa
BRICS invites African Heads of State to August Summit in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – The BRICS economic bloc has invited 69 leaders to its upcoming summit, including all African Heads of State and the political heads of major Global South bodies, various media reports…
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International
Forum explores cooperatives and clustering small farmers and fishers for integration in global value chain
MANILA-The Philippine government’s Department of Agriculture [DA] and the French government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, along with the Bureau of Exportation and International Partnership, days ago organised the 2nd Philippines-France…
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International
World Cooperative Monitor 2022 to be released today
GENEVA-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises [Euricse] will release today the 2022 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor [WCM]. To be launched during…
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Environment
Drought hits Europe’s rivers and crops
LONDON-Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas faced by drought. In the Netherlands the level of the Waal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
French co-ops take 25 percent of global turnover of top 100 co-ops
PARIS – New research which compares French co-operatives to those in Europe and other countries puts them ahead of those in Germany, Japan and the US. Conducted by economist Olivier Frey for…
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