Development
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USD 24.6 million drought appeal Launched for Somalia
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: In order to meet the emergency needs of over a million Somalis affected by drought, IOM in Somalia is scaling up life-saving interventions throughout the country and appealing to international donors for funding. Humanitarian... -
Displacement spikes in Yemen’s taizz governorate as clashes intensify in al Mokha city
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Some 273,780 people are displaced in Yemen’s Taizz Governorate, according to IOM’s most recent Task Force on Population Movements (TFPM) report. This places it among the top five IDP-hosting governorates in the country. For... -
Paraguay to implement IMF’s enhanced general data dissemination system
Mar 4, 2017News Hour: At the request of the authorities a mission from the IMF’s Statistics Department led by Ms. Medina Cas visited Asunción during January 26 to February 2, 2017, to assist with the implementation of the... -
Stranded migrants return to Mali from Libya
Mar 4, 2017News Hour: 163 stranded Malian migrants – 151 adults, seven children, five infants – return home on a charter flight from Tripoli, Libya. IOM Libya’s Christine Petré reported 37 of the migrants had been released from... -
Asian Development Bank to support Yangon region through PPP promotion
Mar 4, 2017News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Yangon Region Government (YRG) have agreed to partner up in promoting public-private partnerships (PPP) in the urban infrastructure sector. ADB will provide strategic and transaction advisory services... -
Japan contribution for emergency food assistance in Libya
Mar 2, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$700,000 from the Government of Japan that will provide vital food assistance to tens of thousands of Libyans affected by ongoing conflict... -
Workshop discusses Kazakhstan’s urban water supply, sanitation issues
Mar 2, 2017News Hour: Urban development experts, private sector specialists, key government officials, representatives of oblast (provincial) administrations, and experts from international financial institutions gathered today in Astana for a two-day workshop to discuss Kazakhstan’s urban water supply... -
Trust fund to provide Nauru with a second chance for sustainability
Mar 2, 2017News Hour: The Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund will help ensure the country has a sustainable source of financing for the future, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication. “Nauru has experienced an economic boom in... -
Urgent action needed to help millions facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, North-east Nigeria
Mar 2, 2017News Hour: Over 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and northeast Nigeria are facing extreme levels of food insecurity. Severe drought conditions, conflict, insecurity, extreme violence and/or economic degradation, have led to famine in... -
Shrimp production in Bangladesh boosted because of training and quality seed
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: A quiet revolution is happening in the ponds of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh. In 2012, the average commercial shrimp farmer produced around 230 kg per hectare, which is low for global averages. Now, many...
