By Jo Becker, Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division Despite a Difficult Year, Children’s Rights Made Progress Grim stories of conflict, abuse, and deprivation seem to confront us every day...
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By Jo Becker, Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division Despite a Difficult Year, Children’s Rights Made Progress Grim stories of conflict, abuse, and deprivation seem to confront us every day...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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Introducción Los servicios financieros digitales ofrecen una esperanza real de ayudar al mundo a volver a encarrilarse para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible1 (ODS) para 2030. Nuevas...
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Introduction Les services financiers numériques offrent l’espoir d’aider le monde à se remettre sur la voie de la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable1 (ODD) à l’horizon 2030. De...
Overview The effects of COVID-19 continued into 2022, with a third, but milder wave of the pandemic affecting India in January and February. The country was also impacted by extreme weather, when an...
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For Immediate Release Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced new commitments to global water security, sanitation and hygiene...
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Introduction Digital financial services offer real hope to help the world get back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. New evidence demonstrates how responsible...
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Context, crisis, impacts and needs The people of Myanmar continue to pay a high price for two years of political instability, sparked by the 1 February 2021 military takeover of the democratically...
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Foreword Dear reader, We are living in challenging times. Reflecting about the impact of the global COVID pandemic on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) might seem not so...
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Edited by Mely Caballero-Anthony and Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros Foreword Foresighted and pragmatic policymaking requires acknowledging the constancy of change, and the fleetingness and perhaps...
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Author(s) : Simon Addison, Ritu Bharadwaj, Anna Carthy, et al. This paper presents a detailed overview of the nature of loss and damage risks affecting low-income countries, marginalised groups and...
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KEY MESSAGES 1. Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future. Total fisheries...
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Minority Rights Group International (MRG) releases its annual report today, with this year's edition offering a broad scrutiny of work-related exclusion across the world. 'The Covid-19 pandemic has...
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Child marriage is a violation of a girl’s human rights and can present challenges for her health and well-being across the life course. Climate change increases vulnerability and, as a result, can...
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The South Asia Region is at a pivotal stage of development. In recent decades, rapid economic growth, and progress across several sectors—including education, infrastructure, health, and...
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Introduction Asia and the Pacific is the most vulnerable region in the world to disaster impacts, complicated by numerous complex emergencies and protracted humanitarian crises. Over the past decade,...
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Edited by Ritu Bharadwaj and Clare Shakya Loss and damage is an urgent issue: the world’s least-resourced communities and countries are increasingly unable to adapt to or absorb worsening climate...
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Executive Summary It was clear, even in the early days of the pandemic, that minorities, indigenous peoples and other marginalized communities were at greater risk of infection and death from...
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General Assembly Seventy-sixth session Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list* Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special...
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Introduction 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges, both for NORCAP and the rest of the international community, but we proved ourselves adaptive and forward-thinking in facing up to them. It...