Pandemic threatens lost decade for development
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed development gains for millions in poor countries, creating an even more sharply unequal world, according to a new UN...
Africa’s sustainable industrialization in the digital era in the context of COVID-19
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has presented its Industrial Development Report (IDR) 2020: Industrializing in the digital age at a side event...
Explainer: EU4Health Programme 2021-2027
What is EU4Health?
EU4Health is the fourth EU health programme, which will run from 2021-2027. It is the EU's ambitious health response to the COVID-19...
Digitalization and Regional Cooperation Can Spur SDG Progress Despite Pandemic
Digital transformation and renewed regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific can spur the region’s equitable, sustainable, and resilient recovery from the coronavirus disease...
Russian Aluminium delivers Sputnik V vaccine to Guinea
Russian Aluminium (RusAl), a leading global aluminium producer, has delivered to Guinea a consignment of the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19 Sputnik V,...
How to Learn French Quickly and Effectively
The French language is always associated with love, hate, cuisine, fashion, and arts. There are about 300 million French-speaking people in the world. Of...
54th ADB Annual Meeting to Focus on Collaboration for a Resilient and Green Recovery
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold its 54th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in a virtual format from 3 to 5...
Wastewater and excreta an untapped resource for solving environmental risks
A book by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), launched on World Water Day, reports that the sanitation waste...
Nornickel`s co-owner proposes to reduce final dividend for 2020
Interros, Nornickel’s largest shareholder, invites Rusal aluminium producer and some other stakeholders, to agree on changing the dividend formula of MMC Norilsk Nickel, without...
Industry Leaders Create First Unified Cybersecurity Guide
Boards of directors need to play a more active role in protecting their organization from cyber risks, according to a new study released today...