Exploring financing opportunities for forest landscape restoration
For centuries, world’s forests have been cleared and removed for agricultural or other land uses, often resulting in degraded lands found in almost every...
ADB to Help Boost Farm Incomes in the Philippines with $400 Million Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support reforms by the Philippine government aimed at raising the productivity...
Webinar on Bioterrorism – A Real World Threat To Today’s Global Economy
Sat, Aug 15, 2020 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EEST
Experts discuss on Pandemics and related Bio-Terrorism, Disturbance in Global Trade, Economic Outlook, Terrorist Funding,...
Somalia: Draft law a ‘major setback’ for victims of sexual violence
The UN official working to end rape during wartime is urging authorities in Somalia to scrap a proposed law that allows for child marriage,...
Cambodia loses duty-free access to the EU market over human rights concerns
As of 12 August, some of Cambodia's typical export products such as garments, footwear and travel goods are subject to the European Union's customs...
ADB Approves $73 Million Package to Develop Waste-to-Energy Facility in Maldives
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $73.39 million concessional loan and grant to the Government of Maldives to develop a waste treatment...
MoU between “China-Eurasia” Council and the SCO Chinese Committee on Good Neighbourliness
On August 11, 2020, Memorandum of understanding was signed between Armenian “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic research and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Chinese...
Korea: Keep supporting people and the economy until recovery fully under way
Korea has limited the damage to its economy from the COVID-19 crisis with swift and effective measures to contain the virus and protect households...
Political crisis in Guinea-Bissau
Entrenched political divisions in Guinea-Bissau pose a serious threat to stability in the West African country, the top UN official there told the Security Council on Monday,...
Pandemic poses fresh challenges for vulnerable migrant workers in Middle East
Amidst reports that many migrant workers in the Middle East are being made destitute, due to an economic crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...