April 13, 2023, Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today, offers critical evidence that can help policymakers, the private sector, and the international development community heed calls for a more proactive response to food system shocks. In 2022, the […]
Read MoreBy External SourceApr 13 2023 (IPS-Partners) Mr. Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari is the Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), managing the State of Qatar’s foreign aid and international development activities. Since 2014, he led the establishment, strategy-setting, operationalization, partnerships and funding programmes of the Qatar Fund for […]
Read MoreCountry: Haiti Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs With gangs, hunger and cholera plunging nearly half of Haiti’s population into humanitarian need, this year’s funding appeal is more than double the amount requested in 2022.
Read MoreMosquitoes are more than just nuisances. As vectors of deadly and debilitating diseases like malaria anddengue fever, they pose a grave threat to people across much of the planet. And that threat could now extend its reach in the United States, say scientists who warn that the winter dormancy period […]
Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have pledged to collaborate on a ten-year plan, the Pacific Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Fisheries Statistics (P-SPAFS) which aims at strengthening the collection and dissemination of statistics related to food security, agriculture, fisheries, and […]
Read MoreBusinesses intending to undertake substantial mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions or participate in major public procurement projects in the European Union (EU) will soon need to prepare for an additional layer of scrutiny by the European Commission (Commission) under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), with “foreign” in this context meaning […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay Tigers in India have seen their habitats reduced to just 7% of their original range, and the striped predators face several other threats from poaching to a loss of their prey. Their populations in the wild have plummeted over the last century, yet thanks to successful conservation efforts […]
Read MoreCountry: Ethiopia Source: Save the Children Recent data revealed massive damage to schools across conflict-affected areas of Amhara, Afar, and Tigray, where 85% of schools are damaged and all public schools remain closed – Save the Children
Read MoreBy External SourceApr 12 2023 (IPS-Partners) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, speaks at the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) High-Level Financing Conference in February 2023 in Geneva. The event mobilized a record US$826 million for ECW and the global challenge to support the education of […]
Read MorePittsburgh – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Scott Graham as an asset and corporate finance partner in the Pittsburgh office. Graham joins the firm from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, reuniting him with a team of seven corporate and private equity partners that moved to K&L Gates’ Pittsburgh office […]
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