Entertainment

Copyright piracy has made it expensive to produce our films

IPN Opinion article

Author: Alec van Gelder

Africa’s creative industries could be great success stories but they are held back by weak copyright protection.

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

IPN News coverage

Author: Caroline Boin

Caroline Boin comments on the new UNFPA population report

Aid alone will not help

IPN Opinion article

Author: Philip Stevens

The UN and British government – egged on by NGOs and activists – has bet the house on the daft idea that if western governments transfer enough money to governments in poor countries, health systems will magically improve and medicines will get to sick kids. As far as strategies go, this is a turkey.

Bad policies, not weather, create famine

IPN Opinion article

Author: Julian Morris

Julian Morris & Karol Boudreaux analyse the underlying causes of famine

At UN food summit, Ban Ki-Moon warns of rise in child hunger deaths

IPN News coverage

Author: Julian Morris

Julian Morris critiques the World Food Security Summit being held in Rome this week

Pay more attention to silent killers

IPN Opinion article

Author: Philip Stevens

HIV/AIDS is a high profile disease that has received a disproportionately high amount of funding and attention, relative to "silent killers" such as pneumonia and diarrhoea

UN: 200 million kids have stunted growth

IPN News coverage

Author: Philip Stevens

The UN believes the solution lies in more foreign aid: Philip Stevens, of the IPN, disagrees.