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    Civil society

    Eight International Development Priorities for the New UK Prime Minister

    While the FCDO’s long-awaited International Development Strategy was published in May, the vision it set out broadly failed to meet the scale of the global challenges...
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    Climate change

    Climate Change Conclusion: Time for Bold Action

    Besides displacement and migration of people, climate change’s worsening of air and water quality is expected to contribute to the spread of certain diseases and human...
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    Policy analysis

    What Future for a World of 8 Billion?

    In countries where deaths outnumber births, the population is increasing very little, if at all. In some cases, it has already started to decline...
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    Climate change

    Ocean Heat, Deoxygenation and Acidification are “Alarming”, Says WMO

    Global mean sea level reached a new record high in 2021, after increasing at an average 4.5 mm per year over the period 2013...
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    Agri-technology

    Leveraging Digital Technologies

    Digitalization of rural communities is leading the way to a better future across Asia and the Pacific. But, it must be remembered that the...
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    Accountability

    Living in Harmony with Nature

    Indigenous communities have historically been at the margins of formal global negotiations on climate change. They were finally given a voice alongside governments in...
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    Civil society

    New Medicines May Help End AIDS – But High Prices and Monopolies Could Keep the Poor Locked Out

    On the current trajectory, most people who need them will not be able to get them any time soon, because high prices and monopolies...
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    Child Rights

    Reclaiming Our Future

    As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...
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    Disaster Management

    War, huh, Yeah, What is it Good For?

    One should, nevertheless, keep in mind that war is horrific. It is most often not the answer. When it is, it is always the very last resort after all other means to resolve adverse situations have been well and truly exhausted.
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    Agri-business

    World Bank Unveils $1 Billion Package to Spur Jobs and Private Sector Growth in Sri Lanka

    Tourism, one of Sri Lanka’s key economic drivers, is set to receive $200 million. These funds will be used to protect and enhance natural and cultural heritage sites, create employment opportunities, and ensure local communities benefit directly from tourism revenues.
    India

    UN Secretary-General Urges Military restraint from India, Pakistan

    He offered his good offices to both governments to help defuse tensions and promote diplomacy, stressing that “a military solution is no solution.”

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    Disaster Management

    War, huh, Yeah, What is it Good For?

    One should, nevertheless, keep in mind that war is horrific. It is most often not the answer. When it is, it is always the very last resort after all other means to resolve adverse situations have been well and truly exhausted.
    Agri-business

    World Bank Unveils $1 Billion Package to Spur Jobs and Private Sector Growth in Sri Lanka

    Tourism, one of Sri Lanka’s key economic drivers, is set to receive $200 million. These funds will be used to protect and enhance natural and cultural heritage sites, create employment opportunities, and ensure local communities benefit directly from tourism revenues.
    COVID-19

    Health Inequities are Shortening Lives by Decades

    The report says that the COVID-19 pandemic is a profound global example of the inequitable health outcomes driven by upstream social determinants. From its outset, socio-economic inequality was a predictor of higher mortality.
    Disaster Management

    War, huh, Yeah, What is it Good For?

    One should, nevertheless, keep in mind that war is horrific. It is most often not the answer. When it is, it is always the very last resort after all other means to resolve adverse situations have been well and truly exhausted.
    Accountability

    Bangladesh’s Economy Shows Flickers of Recovery amid Dour IMF-ADB Forecasts

    This slump is largely attributed to domestic unrest, contractionary monetary and fiscal policies, and a broader climate of uncertainty that has discouraged both foreign and domestic investment.

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