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Governments should be using the current crisis to double up on foreign development spending. The more support that developing and emerging economies have to weather the storm, the faster the global recovery will be.

16 Oct 2020

A sticker calls for action against Aids seen in a shopfront in Indonesia

The drop in Aids-related deaths has lulled the world into a false sense of accomplishment. International HIV/Aids Alliance's Christine Stegling argues that the struggle against HIV must be integrated into sustainable development planning.

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To solve the global refugee crisis, it's time to begin allocating more funding to peace-keeping and building stronger societies, writes OECD's Jorge Moreira da Silva.

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Will a new set of goals help the world shift from a dangerous business-as-usual path to one of true sustainable development? Can UN goals actually make a difference? Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs is optimistic that they can.

24 February 2015

16 January 2015

peshwar vaccination

5 January 2015

plastic and oil on ocean surface

7 November 2014

slums and high rise saigon

30 September 2014

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25 September 2014

KL crowded street

8 September 2014

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5 September 2014

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27 August 2014

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10 July 2014

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21 May 2014

UN General Assembly hall

13 March 2014

Economically driven sustainable development

7 March 2014

Indian women carrying firewood

14 February 2014

Lack of water and sanitation

17 January 2014

Water wells in Nepal

14 January 2014

Climate change adaptation in India

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