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Global eggheads in the environment sector have called on the Federal Government and other West African countries to chart the path towards green recovery and resilience in the region.

Asahi Kasei Renews Membership in Business Call to Action Led by United Nations Development Programme Monday, April 26, 2021 9:45PM IST (4:15PM GMT) Bemberg™ and Microza™ businesses contribute to India’s textile and fashion industry   TOKYO, Japan:   Asahi Kasei renewed its membership in the Business Call to Action (BCtA) led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in February 2021 with businesses in India for Bemberg...

Published April 23, 2021, 5:00 PM Despite fewer coronavirus cases last year, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is experiencing a disproportionate impact of the pandemic in terms of its socio-economic development and in aggravating existing and emerging vulnerabilities in the region, according to the recently-released report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) According to UNDP’s Socioecon...

Daily Monitor Thursday April 22 2021 Food distribution at Ayilo I Refugee Settlement Camp in Pakele Sub-county, Adjumani District, on June 8, 2020. PHOTO | MARTIN OKUDI Summary The minister was responding to remarks by Ms Rosa Malango, the United Nations Resident coordinator, that WFP was unable to purchase food locally because of “poor quality” of Uganda’s foodstuffs. Advertisement The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Mr Hilary Onek, has said the United Nations mu...

15 April 2021 16:16 Share in: NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) offices for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are hosting an online event for International Girls in ICT Day in partnership with STEM4ALL and UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS. Related news Join women and girls from the tech sector in Central Asia to talk about overcoming challenges to achieve success in sch...

Richard Baldwin, Rikard Forslid For decades, human capital research has relied on measures of schooling (Mincer 1984, Mankiw et al. 1992). But proxying human capital with schooling assumes that being in school translates into learning. Evidence suggests that this is often not the case (Pritchett 2013). Recent analysis reveals that six out of ten adolescents worldwide cannot meet basic proficiency levels in maths and reading (UNESCO 2017). This gap between schooling and learning is particularly ...

Simultaneously, UNDP has kicked off the final public consultation for finalizing the SDG Impact Standards for Enterprises— from 31 March through May 2021, with an anticipated Version 1.0 release of the Standards by 30 June 2021. Feedback is sought from all interested stakeholders, including enterprises, investors, civil society, analysts, intermediaries, assurance providers and policy makers. “We are delighted that the responses overwhelmingly saw the important contribution that these Stan...

Share New York: The CITES Secretariat, Jackson Wild™ and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), announced today the winners of the 2021 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase on the theme of “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.” The eleven award-winners were picked from 38 finalists, out of a total of 275 entries in five categories, four of which comprised both long form and short form winners. In addition to the finalists, 12 programs were selected for recognition ...

U.N.: With 30 Million Facing Famine, Secretary-General Announces Prevention Task Force, Warns Security Council Against Cutting Aid as Solution to Economic Woes Targeted News Service March 11, 2021, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the * * * Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the links between conflict and hunger -- an urgent and important issue. Today, I have one simple message: If you dont feed people, you feed conflict. Conflict drives hunger and famine, and hunger and f...

Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 Geneva/Jackson Hole, WY /New York, 3 March 2021 – The CITES Secretariat, Jackson Wild™ and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), announced today the winners of the 2021 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase on the theme of “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.” The eleven award-winners were picked from 38 finalists, out of a total of 275 entries in five categories, four of which comprised both long form and short for...