development

Pacific island nations lagging behind in development progress, UN study shows

24 November 2004
After sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific islands have made the least progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), meant to cut poverty and hunger in half and fight a host of other global ills, according to new statistics released by the United Nations today.

UN opens workshop on increasing investment flows to Africa

22 November 2004
With the harmonization of data related to foreign direct investment (FDI) seen as crucial to increasing such flows to and between African countries, a United Nations-sponsored workshop to help the continent’s specialists strengthen management capability is under way in Ethiopia.

Time is running out to achieve sustainable development, UN warns

17 November 2004
Warning that time is running out in the race for sustainable development – vital in the war on growing poverty, hunger, disease and ecological degradation – the United Nations environmental agency is hosting regional meetings and producing a set of indicators to bring about concrete improvements at the ground level.
Susan McDade briefs press

Lack of energy services for poor could doom development goals, UN experts warn

10 November 2004
Many developing nations will fail to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if they do not take solid steps to ensure the availability of energy services to the poor, United Nations experts on sustainable development warned today.

Annan to seek more British support for meeting anti-poverty goals

18 October 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said ahead of a meeting today with the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, that he would seek more UK support for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Emerging as donor of foreign aid, Poland pledges $230 million by 2006 – UN

8 October 2004
After a decade of receiving foreign aid, Poland has pledged to devote some $230 million to development assistance by 2006, with most of it going to help poor African and Asian countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today.

Foreign investment keeps falling but outlook healthier, UN report says

22 September 2004
Total foreign investment fell worldwide in 2003 for the third consecutive year, driven mainly by a slump in the industrialized world, but Africa and the Asia-Pacific region enjoyed healthy rises in outside spending, a major United Nations report has found.

Africa needs more help from international community, Annan says

17 September 2004
The international community needs to support concerted efforts by African countries to implement a joint plan for development on their continent, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges in a new report released today.

Civic groups key to achieving Millennium Development Goals, UN meeting told

8 September 2004
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have a vital role to play in achieving the ambitious Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of overhauling the world's social fabric by 2015, from slashing extreme poverty and hunger to cutting infant mortality to curbing major diseases, a United Nations conference was told today.

UNCTAD hails increase in developing countries' foreign direct investments

10 August 2004
Annual direct investment by developing countries into other rising economies has grown faster than that by developed countries in the past 15 years, reflecting the recognition by companies that in a globalizing world economy it is important to have a portfolio of locational assets in order to be competitive, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said today.