On Social and Economic Development

Development Issues: Development Aid Flows to Poorest Countries Still Falling

Apr 20, 2015

Original article found at: IPS News Agency ROME, Apr 8 2015 (IPS) - Development aid flows were stable in 2014, after hitting an all-time high in...

Development: Only 40 percent of Ebola funds reached target countries

Feb 9, 2015

Original article found on: Thompson Reuters Foundation By Kate Kelland LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Almost $2.9 billion was pledged by the end of 2014...

Development: World has not woken up to water crisis caused by climate change – IPCC head

Feb 9, 2015

Original article found on: Thompson Reuters Foundation By: Nita Bhalla, Feb 3 2015 NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water scarcity...

U.N. Rights Chief Says He’ll Shine a Light on Countries Big and Small

Feb 2, 2015

Jan. 30, 2015, New York Times, The Saturday Profile, By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, the new United Nations high...

Development, On the Media: The Great Debate – Freedom of Information and Media in the UN’s New Global Development Goals

Jan 22, 2015

Original article found on: The Source Posted on January 20, 2015 by Bill Orme UN Representative, Global Forum for Media Development This Monday, the...

Development: European Citizens Call for Increased Aid to Developing World

Jan 21, 2015

Original article found on: Inter Press Service News Agency Written by Thalif Deen Edited by Kitty Stapp UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 2015 (IPS) - An...

Development, Haiti: Art, an economic stake in the country’s development

Dec 5, 2014

Original article found on: Haiti Libre 11/30/14 As part of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Development of Haiti (PSDH)...

Development: It’s Time to Rethink How We Do Development

Dec 1, 2014

A group of development experts issues a plea for reform. BY MATT ANDREWS , LENI WILD , MARTA FORESTI, NOVEMBER 25, 2014 As the latest version of...

Development: International Development Is Broken. Here Are Two Ways to Fix It.

Nov 21, 2014

Original article found on: New Republic By Michael Hobbes, Nov 18 2014 So I just wrote this essay about all the reasons I think international...

Afghanistan, Development: Pentagon’s Economic Development in Afghanistan ‘Accomplished Nothing’

Nov 20, 2014

Defence News, Nov. 18, 2014 - 03:45AM | By JOE GOULD | An Afghan construction worker makes concrete tubes on the outskirts of Kabul. A U.S....

Afghanistan, Development: The West Made Lots of Promises to Afghan Girls, Now It’s Breaking Them

Nov 14, 2014

Original article found on: The Daily Beast By Heather Barr, 10/20/14 One reason given for the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan was to educate girls. But...