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Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Shamshad Akhtar.
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Global economy improving but greater policy coordination needed, UN reports

18 December 2013
Economic Development

The global economy is expected to continue to grow over the next two years, the United Nations today reported, but stronger international policy coordination is needed to steady the remaining fragility in the banking system and geopolitics which could hamper financial stability.

Civil conflict in the Central African Republic has displaced more than half a million people within the country in the last year, the UN says. UNHCR/B. Heger

UN refugee chief seeks support to assist record number of internally displaced people

11 December 2013
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today appealed for greater global support to assist the almost 30 million people around the world who are forcibly displaced in their own countries.