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3 March 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Forum calls for targeted, evidence-based solutions to speed up sustainable development progress
27 October 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1.1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half live in conflict settings
14 October 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Poverty is rising and inequality widening in Asia and the Pacific, new UN report reveals
14 September 2024
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Global labour income share declines putting upward pressure on inequality
8 September 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific governments commit to collaborate on innovative solutions to bridge digital divide, drive sustainability
24 August 2024
Food and Agriculture Organization
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
26 May 2024
18 March 2024
United Nations Development Programme
Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards: UNDP
21 February 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report
16 February 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
New UN report: Along with gender, where people live key factor in determining levels of poverty, inequality in APAC
17 January 2024
World Economic Forum
Top organisations unlock new investments to support world’s most vulnerable
24 October 2023
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
24 July 2023
13 July 2023
United Nations Development Programme
25 countries halved multidimensional poverty within 15 years, but 1.1 billion remain poor
5 April 2023
Asian Development Bank
ADB: Philippine economy to post robust growth in 2023, 2024 despite inflation pressures
19 December 2022
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
6 December 2022
International Association for Agricultural Sustainability
Agriculture and Halal literacy to the surface: Helping agriculture grow to new heights
10 October 2022
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