development

This 9-year-old, the son of a pastor at the village church, was injured by unexploded ordnance two years ago in Ann Ka Law village, Kayin state in Myanmar.
UNICEF/Brown

Despite progress, life for children in Myanmar's remote areas remains a struggle, UNICEF warns

23 May 2017
The benefits of Myanmar's economic growth, reform and reconciliation efforts have not yet reached children in the country's remote, conflict-affected areas, leaving an estimated 2.2 million children in need of better humanitarian assistance, a United Nations report has revealed.
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.
UNEP

General Assembly confirms appointment of Achim Steiner as new UN development chief

19 April 2017
The United Nations General Assembly today confirmed the appointment of Germany’s Achim Steiner as the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Children reading a panegyric during a festival in Timbuktu, Mali.
UN Photo/Marco Dormino

Poetry gives us hope to scale and climb 'cloudy summits of our time' – UN cultural agency

21 March 2017
Poetry gives us hope, the United Nations cultural agency today said, lauding verse's ability to shake us from everyday life and remind us of the surrounding beauty and the resilience of the shared human spirit.
In the Arab region, average participation of young women in the workforce is 24 per cent.
UNDP

Enabling youth to shape their own future key to Arab region’s development progress – UN report

1 December 2016
The future of development and security in Arab countries depends on investing in their youth populations, which are better educated and more connected than ever before, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said in a new report on the region.
Christoph Buik.
UN Photo/Daniel Dickinson

UN and Africa: focus on Somalia, peacekeeping and tech sector in Africa

17 November 2016
UN and Africa

“Huge positive developments in Somalia” as elections continue

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Jan Eliasson.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

“Moment of hope” for reconciliation and development in CAR

2 November 2016
General News

A “moment now of hope” has arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) which could represent a new era of reconciliation and development.

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A family of farmers watch as locust-control workers spray pesticides on their land in Madagascar’s Betroka region (2015). File
FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba

Madagascar focuses on economic growth with support of IMF

22 August 2016
General News

Madagascar is planning to triple investment spending in order to boost the economy of the Indian Ocean island.

It follows a three-year US$ 310 million commitment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Security Council meeting: Peace and security in Africa.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN and Africa: focus on Lake Chad region, Africa development and illegal fishing

28 July 2016
UN and Africa

Boko Haram crisis has “devastated” Lake Chad region’s economy

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Africa’s youth is key to strengthening agricultural economy. File
FAO/Giampiero Diana

Kenyan student urges youth to “take agriculture seriously”

21 July 2016
General News

Young people looking to become “the next billionaire” are being encouraged to consider a career in agriculture.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Willy Bett, Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Republic of Kenya, on the margins of the the fourteenth session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

In Kenya, Ban calls for broader partnerships, sustainable investments to drive global development

17 July 2016
At a United Nations intergovernmental forum opening in Nairobi, Kenya, today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged participants to focus on strong collaboration, equality and inclusion in trade, finance and investment in order to better align action with agreed-upon sustainable development targets and help restore trust in the global economy.