Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Three days of unusually heavy rain caused devasting flooding and landslides in Nepal in late September. Events like this are becoming normal around the world and getting less attention than they did in the past. Nepal faces significant challenges in protecting...

Poverty

Growth alone won’t do

Growth alone won’t do

World Bank

A fresh start needed

A fresh start needed

Agricultural development

“Inclusive processes are essential”

“Inclusive processes are essential”

John M. Powell, UN World Food Programme

“There are no surpluses”

“There are no surpluses”

Double failure

Double failure

Donor policy

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and…

Auditors criticise US food aid as bureaucratic and inefficient

Disaster relief and development

After the tsunami

After the tsunami

Development finance

Study warns against expecting too much of microcredits

Study warns against expecting too much of microcredits

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.