Development

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$100 million loan today to conserve cultural and natural heritage, enhance tourism services and improve community services in China’s Gansu province. It is the second...

News Hour: Though the number of displaced people returning home in northeast Nigeria continues to increase, with one million returnees since October 2015, nearly two million are still displaced across the region, according to IOM’s latest...

News Hour: IOM, in partnership with the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization (READO), a local NGO, is introducing a drought resistant variant of sweet potatoes which will help mitigate the impact of drought in Somalia....

News Hour: The Government of Italy has donated EUR 1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF to assist people affected by the conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2017. “The Italian Government...

News Hour: IOM has organized an event in Kabul to recognize contributions made to the development of Afghanistan by qualified Afghans who returned from Iran through IOM’s “Return of Qualified Afghans” (RQA) programme. Since 2001, IOM...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga today launched Tonga’s first ever Climate Change Trust Fund. Siaosi Sovaleni, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister, Lu’isa Tu’I’afitu Malolo, Tonga’s Director of Climate Change, Feleti...

News Hour: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom this week traveled to Diffa, southeast Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram violence has caused huge population displacements. Hundreds of...

News Hour: An Oxfam award-winning film challenging the deep-rooted patriarchy in India cannot be screened in the country. The Central Board of Film Certification has refused to certify ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’, saying the movie is...

News Hour: The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided vital food assistance to the most vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon this winter thanks to generous contributions from the Government of Mexico and other donors. “WFP monthly...

News Hour: Strong economic growth is masking urgent infrastructure and environmental challenges that threaten the long term sustainability of Palau’s economy, says an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released in Koror today. Private Sector Assessment for...