This weekend, the 193 member countries of the United Nations will adopt an ambitious plan to end extreme poverty and hunger, improve the health of the world’s poorest, protect the planet, and address climate change. The usefulness of this plan…
Read MoreWhether promoting sustained, inclusive economic growth, ending poverty, building resilient infrastructure or ensuring access to affordable energy for all, one factor stands out as critical a foundation to achieving continued progress across the Sustainable Development Goals spectrum: SKILLS. Although the…
Read MoreHow much can we accomplish in fifteen years? A lot, if we work together. That’s why the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is ramping up its partnership efforts around the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), objectives designed as a roadmap to…
Read MoreSalvador da Bahia was the colonial capital of Brazil in the 16th century, and although it lost its capital status of the country by the second half of the 18th century, it has remained as “the Brazilian capital of happiness,” thanks…
Read Moreby Hart Shafer Billions to Trillions, Finance for Development, leveraging resources, innovative finance – these are the headline themes this week as development practitioners, politicians, and financial leaders gather in Addis Ababa for a set of conversations around Financing for…
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Enabling people and their goods to stay on the move by rebuilding rural roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo; keeping young children in elementary school in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda; setting up low carbon energy…
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