Economic Development

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Global food price index rises for second consecutive month – UN agency

5 April 2018
Global

Global food prices rose for the second consecutive month with the index for these commodities averaging 172.8 points in March, 1.1 per cent higher than in February, the United Nations food security agency announced Thursday.

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Business leaders at UN forum challenged to invest in a more sustainable future for all

4 April 2018
Global

Three years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations continues brokering new partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), participants told a forum at UN Headquarters on Wednesday.

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Facebook privacy debate shows most countries not ready for digital economy – UN

28 March 2018
Global

Internet user growth is booming and with more people than ever purchasing goods and services online, protecting their privacy must be a top priority, the United Nations has said.

WFP/Justin Smith

Revamped UN strategy aims to address root causes of Sahel crisis

28 March 2018
Africa

The United Nations has reset its action plan to address the root causes of the complex crisis in Africa’s Sahel, a region now home to one out of five people worldwide requiring humanitarian assistance, the UN deputy chief said Wednesday.

SDG Action Campaign

No ‘fancy suits and long speeches’ at UN-backed sustainable development festival in Bonn

23 March 2018
Global

A United Nations forum showcasing the latest innovations, tools and approaches that will make sustainable development a reality wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, on Friday.

UNMIL Photo/Staton Winter

Liberia prepares to turn a page as UN mission exits

23 March 2018
Africa

As the United Nations peacekeeping mission wraps up in Liberia and the West African country looks to secure a stable future, the UN deputy chief on Friday cautioned the Government that while it has made great strides, the road ahead will be challenging.

OCHA/Sheldon Casimir

Heatwaves, hurricanes, floods: 2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN

22 March 2018
Global

Hurricanes, monsoon floods and continuing severe drought made 2017 the costliest year ever for severe weather and climate events, according to a new report by the United Nations weather agency launched on the eve of World Meteorological Day.

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Hailing African free trade agreement, Guterres says UN ready to support continent’s ‘leap into history’

22 March 2018
Africa

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the singing of a continental free trade agreement in Africa that has created one of the world’s largest trading blocs with over 50 countries.

IFAD/Irshad Khan

UN rural development agency invests in power and potential of women

20 March 2018
Global

Although rural women make up one-fifth of the global population and around 43 per cent of all agricultural workers, inequality restricts their access to land, markets or even the training and technology that could improve their lives and livelihoods, according to the United Nations agency fighting to stamp out hunger and poverty.

ITU/R. Farrell

UN forum to spotlight ways ICT can help beat poverty and boost development

19 March 2018
Global

Making information and communication technology (ICT) readily available for vulnerable countries and harnessing it’s potential to help tackle a raft of ills – from disaster risk reduction to reaching ‘zero hunger’ – will be among the issues on the agenda at an annual United Nations information forum that kicked off Monday in Geneva.