Source: UN Children’s Fund Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Over the coming 12 months, UNICEF, in tandem with national partners plans to reach a total of 1.2 million children in public and subsidized schools across the country with educational supplies. Over one million children estimated to be out of school […]

Event Post September 19, 2019 Special event: Nurul Islam on a lifetime in global development Sivan Yosef From Bangladesh independence to key questions on what drives growth and development.

Indonesia’s parliament has raised the minimum age at which women can marry to 19, in a ruling which is expected to curb child marriage in the country.

Cats. Don’t we just love them? The felines occupy a special place in many people’s hearts as a glance at Facebook or other social media platforms will reveal. Yet these furry creatures can become a menace to other animals. Take Australia. The isolated continent is home to unique biodiversity that […]

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World, Yemen Armed conflict in cities kills and gravely wounds countless civilians, leaving many with life-long disabilities and psychological trauma. Infrastructure is damaged or destroyed. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the […]

China’s economic slowdown keeps getting worse. That could give the country incentive to repair its trading relationship with the United States and take more steps to stimulate its economy.