How the Dual Crisis of Malnutrition and Learning Loss Threatens Our Future
The dual crisis of malnutrition and learning loss is starving the minds of tomorrow. The numbers are staggering: in the ...
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It’s 2023 and There’s Still a Global Water Crisis
It’s 2023 — cars operate without petroleum, 90% of the world’s population has a cell phone, we don’t have to ...
Reducing Poverty: What Really Works
Bangladesh, often held up as a model for poverty reduction, has influenced many poverty reduction initiatives around the world. In 2002, ...
The World Bank Report Warns of Widening Worldwide Inequality
The World Bank’s bi-annual “Global Economic Prospects” report, released Tuesday, forecasts a slowing of global growth for 2022 and 2023. ...
‘Vaillante’: UNICEF’s New Series Raises Awareness For Child Marriage
UNICEF’s new fictional mini-series, first released on YouTube on November 29, draws attention to child marriage, an issue that affects ...
Child Prostitution in France: Part of a Broader Phenomena
Child prostitution in France took on the headlines this week after the Secretary of State, Adrien Taquet, told a press ...
Extreme Poverty Is on the Rise for the First Time in Two Decades according to UN
For the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th, UN chief António Guterres described current poverty levels ...
Congo’s First Green Climate Fund Project Aims High in Fighting Climate Change and Poverty
Nestled in the heart of the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest rainforest, lies the Republic of the Congo. A nation ...
Deforestation: Why Poverty is the Root Cause
The stop-deforestation campaigns have a broad range of targets. Depending on who’s talking and what action and reaction are sought ...
Future Trends — Extreme Poverty, Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Introducing another week of Future Trends on Oct. 14, 2020 – tracking current global news stories that provide insight into ...
A Humanitarian Disaster Wrapped in a Political Crisis
A country in protest, Lebanon has already faced a financial and political crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with Beirut ...
COVID-19 and Conflict: Is Peace the Cure?
How a renewed focus on SDG 16 can help fight COVID-19 and salvage the Global Goals. At the start of ...
