Global IssuesRio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Humanity is driving Earth's climate and ecosystems towards dangerous tipping points, requiring radical new forms of international cooperation and governance, experts say.
Africa Begins To Rise Above Aid
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth across much of Africa.
New Rules Leave Canadian Aid Groups In Limbo
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Many Canadian civil society organisations working in international development are still awaiting a definitive answer about future government funding, a months-long lag critics argue has hampered overseas operations and only worsens Canada's global reputation when viewed in light of other issues in recent years.
'walk The Busan Talk'
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Women’s rights champions are not prepared to let the dust settle on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that ended in this South Korean port city on Dec. 1 with the customary nod towards gender equality and empowerment.
Cuba-Caribbean: Forging an Alliance to Fight for Climate Action
Friday, December 09, 2011
When the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development dubbed Rio+20 convenes in Brazil next year, Caribbean leaders want to ensure that the concerns of vulnerable low-lying coastal and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be heard.
Brazil: Child-Adapted Formula to Deal Major Blow to Chagas Disease
Thursday, December 08, 2011
A new paediatric formulation developed in Brazil holds out hope for a cure for over 90 percent of newborn babies infected with Chagas disease, a parasitic infection endemic in 21 Latin American countries, where it kills more people every year than malaria.
Q&A: South-South Cooperation Complements North-South Cooperation
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
South-South cooperation can play a key role in boosting the economies of developing countries, but it is not going to replace North-South cooperation, says Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
Nepal: Protests Fail to Stop Climate Loans
Monday, December 05, 2011
Nepal will implement five projects with 110 million dollars sanctioned by the controversial Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), ignoring protestors who say this least developed country merits grants rather than climate loans.
Cuba: Mural-Lined Street Transforms Neighbourhood
Monday, December 05, 2011
Forget about finding Cantarrana on a map or travel guide to Cuba. 'Nobody knew about us; we didn’t exist,' said one resident of this working-class neighbourhood on the west side of Havana.
Q&A: ‘For Fragile States Aid is Life, Not Money’
Friday, December 02, 2011
The new deal for the ‘fragile states,’ from the G7+ — a group of 19 countries that struggle with poverty, instability and violent conflict - has been hailed as a major breakthrough at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness here, earlier this week.
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