Tag: Sustainable development

Long-term finance is essential for households, firms and sustainable development. A shortage of long-term financing since the 2008 crisis is choking the investment-backed growth o...

The second stakeholder involvement workshop for the GE-TOP South Africa took place on 11 August 2015 at the Spier Wine Estate outside Stellenbosch, Cape Town. About 35 participants...

The year 2015 is an important one for global development as the Millennium Development Goals endorsed in 2000 with 8 goals, 21 targets, and 60 indicators are coming to an end in le...

Ministers met with UNCTAD Secretary General Kituyi at the official UNCTAD side event to the Financing for Development (FfD) conference. There Dr. Kituyi launched the newly updated ...

Countries agreed on 15 July 2015 on a series of bold measures to overhaul global finance practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and enviro...

Global leaders are poised to adopt a set of targets tackling the world’s biggest challenges. These targets include the ambitious goal of ending extreme poverty in a generation.&...

Development cannot be sustainable if it does not address the challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Member States on Monday as he opened a H...

Post-2015 Financing for Development: Multilateral Development Finance Statement by the Heads of the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Rec...

Death, destruction and displacement wrought by natural disasters would be significantly reduced by 2030 under a new framework adopted by countries attending the Third United Nation...

The Assembly, TAKES NOTE of: the Report of the Commission on the development of the African Union Agenda 2063, as well as the Agenda 2063 Framework Document; Agenda 2063 ...

The first stakeholder involvement workshop for the GE-TOP South Africa took place on 29 January 2015 in the boardroom of the National Agricultural Marketing Council in Pretoria. Ab...

Arnold Kammel doesn’t doubt that Africa and the EU have many goals in common, particularly when it comes to peace and security. That’s why it’s time for a ‘partnership of e...

The OECD Development Assistance Committee DAC convened its 2014 High Level Meeting from 15 to 16 December 2014 in Paris. The principal objective of the meeting was the modernisati...

Delegates from over 190 nations meeting in Lima, Peru have agreed to a text framed as a key stepping stone towards building a new climate regime to come into force at the end of th...

World Bank Group President says 2015 Paris climate agreement can help transform economy to achieve zero net emissions before end of the century Against a backdrop of climate deal ...

As Governments prepare to meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, starting on Monday, a top UN official has highlighted the session as an opportunity t...

Africa needs a green, clean industrialization that leapfrogs outdated, polluting processes and platforms and benefits from new technologies, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki...

After decades of negotiations, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing entered into force on Sunday, enhancing opportunities for the equitable sharing of benefits of the ...

Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Action Plan This edition of the World Investment Report provides valuable analysis that can inform global discussions on ...

Growth may exceed five percent in 2015-16, but Ebola, terrorism and other risks pose concern Despite a weaker than expected global economy, with a number of major countries showin...