Development
-
Migration management information initiative launched
Jul 26, 2016News Hour: IOM has launched a USAID-funded project: Northern Triangle Migration Management Information Initiative (NTMI), designed to strengthen the capacities of governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to collect, analyse and share information on human... -
IOM becomes a related organization to the UN
Jul 26, 2016News Hour: Member States of the United Nations (UN), through the General Assembly, today unanimously adopted a resolution approving the Agreement to make the International Organization for Migration (IOM) a Related Organization of the UN. The... -
World Bank helps Bangladesh expand electronic public procurement system
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: Bangladesh today signed a $10 million additional financing agreement with the World Bank to expand and improve the government’s procurement system to ensure the effective use of public money and increase transparency. The additional... -
World Bank supports development of Poland’s “Lagging Regions”
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: The World Bank is beginning work on a new project, aimed at supporting the poorer regions of Poland by better utilizing European Union funds made available to the country through the European Union Financial... -
Private sector is key for growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: The private sector can be an important driver for growth and rising prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) if effective policies are put in place to address key challenges across the... -
Countries move closer to an agreement to further curb greenhouse gases under the Montreal Protocol
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer laid the groundwork for an amendment to the protocol in 2016 to phase down the heat-trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), during their meetings... -
Mexico and US step up protections for Vaquita
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: In a meeting today at the White House, US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto stepped up bilateral collaboration to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, of which fewer than 60... -
AIIB commemorative coins and other unauthorized souvenirs
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: In August 2015, the AIIB Preparations Management Co. Ltd issued a notice on its website stating unequivocally that it had never granted any authorization to any legal person, organization or individual to design, coin... -
World Vision conducts largest aid operation ever launched in Malawi
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: World Vision, the World Food Programme (WFP) and government of Malawi will implement a food aid programme worth at least US$56 million to reach 1,039,049 people – over 80 percent of which is food... -
Caritas Switzerland allocates CHF 100,000 for Ecuador
Jul 25, 2016News Hour: Caritas Switzerland supports the earthquake victims in Ecuador and has allocated an initial amount of CHF 100,000 for emergency relief. The international Caritas Network is present on the ground and has already initiated measures....
