Development
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United States announces additional humanitarian assistance for Yemen
Apr 28, 2017News Hour: The United States announced nearly $94 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Yemen, who have suffered through two years of civil war and are experiencing the largest food security emergency... -
New EU and UNDP 10 million EUR initiative to help boost citizen engagement across the Western Balkans
Apr 28, 2017News Hour: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU) have launched an ambitious programme to substantially increase the involvement of civil society organizations in local development efforts. Spanning Albania, Kosovo,* Montenegro, Serbia,... -
Tajikistan develops national road safety strategy
Apr 28, 2017News Hour: Around 70 participants from the government, private sector, civil society organizations, academia, and development partners discussed a framework and priority actions of a Tajikistan national strategy on reducing road crash deaths and injuries during... -
Kasai emergency response benefits from initial UN migration agency funding
Apr 28, 2017News Hour: The Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency, William Lacy Swing, has approved the release of USD 100,000 to kick-start relief operations for more than 1.1 million people displaced by widespread hostilities to... -
Chinese anger over ‘acid pollution’ images
Apr 27, 2017News Hour: Recent aerial photographs of extensive pollution at industrial sites in northern China have caused a public outcry, and calls for action from the authorities. The images, taken by a drone, show a cluster of... -
Japan contributes for refugees and host communities in Uganda
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: The Government of Japan has contributed a total of US$ 6.3 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support... -
UN migration agency, partners redouble efforts to ‘End Malaria for Good’
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: IOM, the UN Migration Agency joins the World Health Organization (WHO), the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and other partners to End Malaria for Good, and bring attention to how the burden of malaria continues... -
China contributes US$34 million to WFP for emergency food operations
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: The Government of China has made its largest single donation to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) with US$34 million towards its emergency operations to support people who are at risk of famine... -
Humanitarian needs spike for thousands displaced in Wau, South Sudan
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: IOM, the UN Migration Agency and partners are responding to an influx of more than 22,000 displaced persons in and around Wau town, South Sudan, since the upsurge of violence on 10 April 2017.... -
ADB supports Sunseap to build Cambodia’s first large-scale solar farm
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed Singapore’s Sunseap Group’s project to build Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project under a long-term agreement with Electricité Du Cambodge (EDC). ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD)...
