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Accountability
Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Requires ‘Immediate Global Attention’, Warn Rights Experts
Sri Lankans are struggling to meet their food and nutrition needs in the face shortages and higher prices for food and fuel. The country...
Accountability
WFP Paints a Gloomy Picture as Sri Lankans Skip Meals
Three of every 10 Sri Lankan households are unsure where their next meal will come from, the latest Food Insecurity Assessment brought out by...
Accountability
Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
Accountability
Food Giants Reap Enormous Profits During Times of Crisis
The pandemic initially exposed cracks in our supposedly efficient industrialized food system through supply chain breakdowns, worker shortages and trade restrictions. Now, we can add high food prices and growing inequality to...
Accountability
Weathering a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Cascading Crises
All countries must work together to curb rising food and energy prices that have been spurred on by the war in Ukraine, making sure...
Governance
At 7.79 Per Cent, India’s Retail Inflation Goes Through The Roof
This is the highest inflation in eight yeats, but it isn't really a surprise – the RBI Governor had earlier said retail inflation was...
Asia Pacific
ESCAP’s ‘Build Forward Fairer’ Report, Urges New Social Contract for Asia and Pacific
ESCAP's new survey says that economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and other global shocks must be anchored in an inclusive “new social contract”,...
Finance and Economy
Nepal Works to Promote Remittances; Tightens Screws on Imports
Banking bodies and associations of non-residents have been roped in by the Nepal government to curb the flow of currency and attract foreign exchange...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...