Filed under: Central Asia Development Social inclusion
Aziza Umarova and Emiliya Asadova, UNDP in Uzbekistan For a month our office was taken over by young people, their parents, zillions of questions and phone calls, and expressions of gratitude. Together with United Nations Volunteers, and the United Nations Population Fund, UNDP initiated a Millennium Development Goals song contest. Who better to advocate for the… Read more »
Filed under: Development Governance Poverty
Jan Szczycinski Will faster economic growth, more foreign aid and better governance guarantee achievement of the Millennium Development Goals? Jan Vandemoortele, closely involved with the creation of the Millennium Development Goals, will challenge this view at the Kapuscinski lecture “Are the 3Gs enough to reduce poverty in Africa? Is it all about Growth, Grants or… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Development Development 2.0 Health
Gina Lucarelli As the last region to hold its Preparatory Meeting for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Commission for Europe (UNECE) region is a bit of a test case for the global debate since it includes low, medium, and high-income countries. For the first two days of December, 350 representatives of governments,… Read more »
Filed under: Development Environment Poverty
Henrieta Martonakova Reporting back from the Astana ‘Environment for Europe’ Ministerial Conference According to the 2010 Millennium Development Goals report for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in 2009, 36 percent of the population in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, or about 160 million people, were considered poor or at risk of poverty, living on less… Read more »
Filed under: Development Poverty
Nuria Choibaeva I guess not many of you reading this blog have been to Kyrgyzstan – let alone in rural areas of the country. My work quite often takes me to these parts of the world, in distant mountainous villages like Min-Bulak. Let me tell you how it feels. Places like Min-Bulak are often disadvantaged… Read more »
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