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13 February 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Rural development is key to Africa’s prosperity, yet it has been undervalued by Governments, international lenders and policy advisers, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a paper released today, calling for increased investment…
11 February 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Decent employment opportunities amongst the youth are the core prerogative of global social development. Youth employment is also one of the most pressing policy issues in Africa calling for a bold political response and a global methodology.
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05 February 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
The head of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a breakthrough commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the continent by 2025, and has pledged the UN's support as they work to “transform vision into reality…
05 February 2014 | Cooperatives
The IKEA Foundation has launched a two-month campaign to raise funds to provide solar-powered lighting and other renewable energy technologies in refugee camps run by the United Nations through the sale of light bulbs in its stores around the world…
05 February 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
The head of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a breakthrough commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the continent by 2025, and has pledged the UN's support as they work to “transform vision into reality…
31 January 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Urging greater efforts to identify and address the gaps that prevent the most disadvantaged of the world’s 2.2 billion children from enjoying their rights, the United Nations released an innovative new report today spotlighting the importance of…
14 January 2014 | Disabilities
The publication reviews the concept of accessibility and its role in achieving inclusive and sustainable development. It propositions that accessibility be, not only a means and a goal of inclusive development, but also an enabler of an improved,…
14 January 2014 | Poverty Eradication
This E-publication is based on papers presented at two Expert Group Meetings (jointly organized by DSPD and the ILO) that brought together specialists to undertake a review of progress in eradicating poverty and to analyse policy responses to the…
14 January 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The MDGs have served as a powerful incentive to mobilise the international community and drive action by developed and developing countries alike. Together with its Member states, the EU provided more than half of global aid in 2012. In addition to…
13 January 2014 | Youth
Encompassing more than one billion, today’s generation of youth is the largest the world has ever known. For some of them, mental-health conditions are the leading causes of adjustment problems, affecting their integration into society and…
10 January 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Timor-Leste, Asia-Pacific’s youngest country, today became the region’s first to launch a national campaign under the United Nations Zero Hunger Challenge, which seeks to ensure universal access to food in the face of looming threats such as climate…
08 September 2009 | Indigenous Peoples
Although the state of the world’s indigenous peoples is alarming, there is some cause for optimism. The international community increasingly recognizes indigenous peoples’ human rights, most prominently evidenced by the UN Declaration on the Rights…