Tag:Poverty
Climate change
By Deliberately Ignoring Risk, the World Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
The scale and intensity of disasters are increasing, with more people killed or affected by disasters in the last five years than in the...
Child Labour
From Child Laborer to Activist, Tara Banjara Asks World to Pledge to End the Scourge of Child Labour
Tara Banjara, rescued from her life of a child labour at the age of eight years, questions whether children who are born poor are...
Bangladesh
Study Shows The Poor Simply Lack Opportunities To Gain Wealth, But A One-Time Boost Can Make A Major Difference
The current study estimates that the economic misallocation resulting from the poverty trap in this setting is 15 times the one-time cost of taking households across...
Climate change
Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Crises Take Shape
Opening its fifty-fifth session under the theme ‘Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth,’ marks success for a body that...
Finance and Economy
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How Can We Bridge the Finance Divide?
The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Bridging the Finance Divide report released by the United Nations last week finds that the ‘finance divide’...
Civil society
War in Ukraine and Rise in Arms Spending Undermine Development Aid to the World’s Poor
A UN report fears that the fallout from the crisis in Ukraine, with increased spending on refugees in Europe, may mean cuts to the...
Governance
Do we Really Need a World Ranking to Measure Happiness?
The idea of a ranking on happiness risks defeating the purpose of the gigantic and noble effort of better understanding how we can be...
Environment
Ukraine war costs now exceeding US $100 billion in infrastructure damage
If the war deepens and protracts further, up to 90 per cent of the population of Ukraine could be facing poverty and vulnerability to...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
The number of people aged 60 and older in developing Asia and the Pacific is set to nearly double...
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WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart...
Indian Meteorological Department Releases Weather Forecast for the First Week of May
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions likely to continue over East India till 2 May and over south...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
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WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing...
