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14 November 2014 | Disabilities
Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and has become one of the main income generators for many countries in the global South. Ensuring the sustainability of this growing source of income depends heavily on ensuring that its social and economic…
13 November 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
In many developing countries, lack of access to financial services as well as high transaction costs often pose significant challenges to people living in poverty.
With the international community set to define a post-2015 development framework for…
13 November 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
In many developing countries, lack of access to financial services as well as high transaction costs often pose significant challenges to people living in poverty.
With the international community set to define a post-2015 development framework for…
13 November 2014 | Disabilities
Digital Inclusion and ICT Accessibility for all: ITU event in SaoPaulo from 12-14 November 2014:
This event aims at moving discussions from identification of principles to implementation of practices on how stakeholders from the Americas Region can…
13 November 2014 | Social Inclusion
Over 35 experts met from 11 to 12 November 2014 in Fukuoka, Japan to finalize the drafting of international guidelines on urban and territorial planning. In accordance with the Resolution 24/3 of UN-Habitat Governing Council, the experts will submit…
12 November 2014 | Ageing
UNRISD Research Coordinator Katja Hujo was a panellist at the international conference on pension reform “Thanks, Otto! 125 years of pensions” hosted by BMZ, GIZ, Helpage International and Allianz in Berlin on 28-29 October 2014. The conference…
12 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The World Food Programme (WFP) says that the Ebola outbreak has bumped up food prices and forced families to cope by eating fewer meals and smaller portions.
Agency spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs announced the findings from the agency's latest text…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, | Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, | Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
07 November 2014 | Ageing
The United Nations health agency warned today that as the world population aged 60 or older will jump from some 800 million to 2 billion in the next four decades, soaring levels of chronic illness and diminished wellbeing are poised to become a…
07 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee has to address a wide range of important topics related to economic growth and development this fall. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the Chair of the Committee, sat down with DESA News for an exclusive…
07 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Over a million people in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have received food aid by the World Food Programme (WFP). The agency is ramping up services to the whole humanitarian effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.…