News Archive
- Formed through the consolidation of 15 microfinance institutions, a credit union in Djibouti has more than 3,000 customers, of whom 90 percent are women.
- Released: 1 Jul 2009
- It is 9 a.m. in an alley in Balbala, an immense area on the outskirts of Djibouti City. People hurry to and fro in front of the shop run by Nima Moussa Warfa, as they embark on a shopping expedition, engaged in a quest for rice, pasta, flour, and other basic foodstuffs
- World Bank Commits $58.9 Billion To Help Crisis-Hit Countries
- Released: 2 Jul 2009
- “The World Bank said on Wednesday that it committed $58.8 billion dollars in fiscal year 2009 to help countries struggling amid the global economic crisis, a 54 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and a record high for the global development institution.
- World Bank Increases Gender Support and Lending in Developing Countries
- Released: 2 Jul 2009
- Washington, July 2, 2009—The World Bank has increased support and lending for gender-related issues in developing countries in order to improve women’s social and economic conditions, according to Implementing the Bank’s Gender Mainstreaming Strategy: FY08 Annual Monitoring Report
- UN Joins Forces with Timor-Leste and Indonesia to Harness the Power of ICT for Development
- Released: 6 Jul 2009
- A south-south initiative expands human capacity in using technologies effectivelyBangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) – More than 60 high-ranking Timorese officials will learn this week how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used to assist with making policy decisions and further development goals through a United Nations initiative underway across the Asia-Pacific region.
- Participants at a conference hosted by UNCTAD on the financial crisis underscored the importance of a single set of high-quality standards
- Released: 7 Jul 2009
- Participants at a conference hosted by UNCTAD on the financial crisis and its implications for the international financial reporting architecture and financial stability underscored the importance of a single set of high-quality standards.
- Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the closing session of the second global review of Aid for Trade on 7 July 2009
- Released: 7 Jul 2009
- This has been an extremely useful session and I am very happy that I could be with all of you, not only to listen to your experiences about how Aid for Trade is working in your countries, but also to listen to your suggestions about the way forward.
- Report says investment policy trends in G 20 countries paint comforting picture but leave no room for complacency
- Released: 8 Jul 2009
- Geneva, 8 July 2009 - An UNCTAD review of national and international investment policy developments shows that in response to the crisis, G 20 countries have mostly refrained from taking policy measures that are restrictive towards foreign inward and domestic outward investment.
- World’s Progress on Maternal Health and Family Planning is Insufficient
- Released: 9 Jul 2009
- Regular doctor visits, sonograms and various tests constitute routine prenatal care for pregnant women in developed countries.
- Global crisis requires global solutions - Director-General Pascal Lamy, in introducing his third monitoring report to the Trade Policy Review Body
- Released: 13 Jul 2009
- Director-General Pascal Lamy, in introducing his third monitoring report to the Trade Policy Review Body on 13 July 2009, said “at a time when the global economy is still fragile worldwide and in the face of the unprecedented decline in trade flows, we must send a clear and credible message that protectionism is not the answer.
- ECOSOC adopts Ministerial Declaration on Implementing Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments on Global Public Health
- Released: 9 Jul 2009
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this evening concluded its high-level segment on current global and national trends and their impact on social development, including health, adopting a Ministerial Declaration on implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health. Earlier this afternoon, the Council concluded its high-level debate.
- Lamy urges multilateral cooperation to advance public health “in the real world”
- Released: 14 Jul 2009
- Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his address to the WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues on 14 July 2009, said “the international intellectual property system cannot operate in isolation from broader public policy questions such as how to meet human needs as basic health, food and a clean environment.”
- New study explores strengthening links between trade, growth and poverty reduction
- Released: 17 Jul 2009
- Internationally renowned scholar and economics professor, T N Srinivasan, gives recommendations for making the global partnership for development more effective
- Economic and Social Council holds informal panel discussion on the transition from relief to development
- Released: 17 Jul 2009
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon convened an informal event on the transition from relief to development, holding a panel discussion focusing on key themes of the recently-issued report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict.
- Economic and Social Council holds informal panel discussion on the transition from relief to development
- Released: 17 Jul 2009
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon convened an informal event on the transition from relief to development, holding a panel discussion focusing on key themes of the recently-issued report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict.
- Governments outline public sector priorities in Asia
- Released: 20 Jul 2009
- Future training programmes agreed for next three years of work at meeting in Brunei Darussalam
- Global public consultation on the Commonwealth begins
- Released: 21 Jul 2009
- “Too few people understand what the Commonwealth is for” – UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband
- Lamy-Keeping trade open in times of crisis
- Released: 22 Jul 2009
- In times of economic crisis, governments face pressure to adopt measures which may restrict trade and there are real dangers that such pressures, if not addressed adequately, can lead to a dangerous escalation.
- More than 50 diplomats and senior civil servants from across the Commonwealth gathered in London today to map out how the Commonwealth Secretariat can best tailor its development assistance to the needs of member countries.
- Released: 22 Jul 2009
- Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General says technical assistance “not poor cousin” to direct funding
- UN regional high-level workshop to study Asia and the Pacific economic policy responses to financial crisis
- Released: 24 Jul 2009
- Different approaches needed to confront varying circumstances
- Social policy places people at the centre of development process
- Released: 24 Jul 2009
- Bangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) -- “Social policy places people at the centre of the development process…. Inclusive dialogue, community ownership and a rights-based approach are central to social policy,” noted policy-makers, academics and development partners at the meeting on Social Policies in Pacific Island Countries: Policy Recommendations and Impact of Current Crises held from 22 to 23 July 2009 in Suva, Fiji..
- G8+5 summit calls on UNCTAD for further contribution in the investment area
- Released: 24 Jul 2009
- IPC – One Pager: July 2009 - Do Conditional cash transfer (CCT) Programmes Work in Low-Income Countries?
- Released: 24 Jul 2009
- Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes have worked fairly well in large upper middle-income countries such as Brazil and Mexico.
- ILO welcomes new support for the Global Jobs Pact from the UN Economic and Social Council
- Released: 27 Jul 2009
- GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Office welcomed the adoption on Friday of a resolution on the ILO’s Global Jobs Pact sponsored by more than 170 countries attending the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting here.
- Our task now is to match political promise with negotiating performance” - WTO Director- General Pascal Lamy said in his report to the General Council on 28 July 2009
- Released: 28 Jul 2009
- I am pleased that this session provides you the opportunity to gain an overall picture of the WTO's work, in which the interests of the LDCs figure prominently.
- New guidebook takes on gender inequalities in the classroom
- Released: 28 Jul 2009
- It offers practical and tested ways to change attitudes among staff and students
- Senior finance and central bank officials meet at UN workshop on Asia-Pacific’s economic policy responses to financial crisis
- Released: 28 Jul 2009
- Bangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) -- Senior finance and central bank officials from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting at a United Nations workshop to look into various economic policies used by governments in the region to deal with the global financial crisis.
- Exploring the bias: New research reveals gender disparities in education
- Released: 29 Jul 2009
- Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most affluent societies in the Caribbean. Yet its young men regularly underperforms at school. While girls tend to thrive, drop-out rates among boys are high.
- Rising unemployment as the global recession worsens is dampening flows of migrant workers
- Released: 29 Jul 2009
- Rising unemployment as the global recession worsens is dampening flows of migrant workers. Many are returning to their home countries. But migrants have a role to play in development, experts said.
- UN Official says Economic Crisis an Opportunity to Nations to Develop Social Safety Nets
- Released: 30 Jul 2009
- UN meeting on social and economic development issues in Geneva concludes
- UNIFEM Joins “Seal the Deal” Campaign
- Released: 30 Jul 2009
- United Nations, New York — UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi today signed on to the United Nations Seal the Deal campaign, joining a number of UN agencies and organizations that are encouraging governments to reach an ambitious and effective global climate agreement in Copenhagen this December
