poverty Archives

2030: Dream or Reality

Trust or bust: The UN must put its house in order to attract finance for development

byKazuki Kitaoka - Head of the Outreach, Marketing and Reporting Unit at FAO

February 6, 2018

This article is the first of a series "Pipe dream or achievable vision: How can we deliver on the 2030 ...

United Nations

How to reduce Poverty through Community Empowerment

byDr. Daniela Coswig Kalikoski - Advisor of FAO’s Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction

February 1, 2018

The fight against hunger and poverty is as urgent today as ever and remains a major challenge worldwide. More than ...

Philanthropy

Indigenous Peoples: Key Trends that Affect their Development

byYulia Nesterova - Research Fellow, University of Glasgow

September 28, 2017

(Part Two) Part One of this article provided an explanation of who indigenous peoples are, why they are considered a special ...

United Nations

To Feed the World in a Changing Climate, Agriculture Must Change Now

byAstrid Agostini - Senior Officer in the Sustainable Agriculture Programme at UN FAO

December 28, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, ASTRID AGOSTINI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE FAO .THIS PIECE IS PART OF ...

10 November 2015, Ub, Serbia - Members of Tadic family working inside their newly installed greenhouse. FAO project: OSRO/SRB/401/EC - Agricultural and Food Security Emergency assistance to flood affected small-scale farmers in Serbia 2014/2015

Philanthropy

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

byEwald Rametsteiner - Programme Coordinator at UNFAO

November 8, 2016

What governance changes are needed? With the Sustainable Development Goals we now have an ambitious and comprehensive new framework for ...

NGO & Charities

Unconditional Cash to the Poor: An Interview with Give Directly

byAndrew Budsock

October 25, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AN Interview with Ian Bassin, COO Domestic of Give Directly. Ian Bassin previously served as ...

Literature

Slumming it and The Value of Tourism

byRebecca Anderson

September 19, 2016

Book Review: Slumming It: The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty by Fabian Frenzel, 232 pages, (distributed for Zed Books, 15 ...

Philanthropy

Africa: the need for aid innovation

byMaha Kabir

August 19, 2016

Since 1960, the world has spent over four trillion dollars in aid. Much of that money has gone to Africa ...

SDG Series

SDG 1: Where Policy Meets Poverty with the McSilver Institute

byAndrew Budsock

July 26, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Dr. ...

SDG Series

SDG 8: Creating Decent Work and Sustainable Economic Development

byKate Warrington - Marketing Professional & Writer

June 20, 2016

How Countries are Working Towards Goal 8 Targets: Star-ups in Malaysia; Entrepreneurship in Haiti; Sustainable Tourism in Caribbean Countries; South ...

A family living in an urban slum in Sonagachi.

SDG Series

SDG 1: The Goal to Spare Future Generations From the Scourge of Poverty

byLaurent Thomas - Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

May 23, 2016

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit adopted the 2030 agenda, establishing a new global framework for eradicating ...