Italy Joins the Palestinian Partnership for Infrastructure Development
Italy is contributing an 8 million euros, equivalent to US$ 9.53 million, to the Palestinian Partnership for Infrastructure Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund (PID Fund),...
New report details indigenous struggle for land rights
Although the world’s indigenous peoples live in areas that contain around 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, many still struggle to maintain their...
Liberia to Power its Economy Through Improved Energy Access and Job Creation
Liberia’s efforts to transform the lives of poor people have received a huge boost with financing approved today by the World Bank. Two new...
World stands at critical moment to deliver on 2030 Agenda
The world is at a critical moment to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday, during a virtual...
Cabo Verde Received the First Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines
Cabo Verde received Friday, March 12, its first batch of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, sent through the COVAX Initiative, a partnership between the Government of...
Urgent funding needed for Mozambique, facing ‘triple threat’
Two years after Tropical Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth swept through Mozambique in March 2019, killing hundreds and leaving more than two million people...
Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every 8 hours over past 10 years
The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of help, as a triple...
Commitment to post-pandemic ‘green’ recovery falling short
Countries have fallen short in their commitments to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic, with just 18 per cent of announced recovery spending going...
If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict
Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that...
World Bank Helps Bangladesh Improve Irrigation-based Agricultural Productivity
The World Bank today approved $120 million to help Bangladesh improve food security by enhancing climate resilience and productivity of irrigated agriculture and fisheries.
The Climate-Smart...