Development
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WorldFish and Malaysian Department of Fisheries establish new research committee
Jun 17, 2016News Hour: The Malaysian Department of Fisheries (DoF) and WorldFish have today signed an agreement establishing the Technical Committee on Research Collaboration to promote the sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries in Malaysia. The agreement formalizes... -
Niger faces ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ unless action taken now
Jun 17, 2016News Hour: Several recent attacks by Nigerian militants across the border into the area of Bosso in southeastern Niger have forced refugees to flee further into the region of Diffa. The long forced walks towards safety... -
Moldova’s poor are better-off but face big risks for the future
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: Moldova has made good progress in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, but the drivers of this progress in the past are likely to exercise a much more limited role, says the World Bank’s... -
Armenia hosts experts on quality financial reporting
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: More than 40 experts and practitioners from government agencies and universities from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia will participate in a regional workshop focusing on accounting education reform on June 15-16 in Yerevan.... -
ADB president Takehiko Nakao announce to expanded assistance for Myanmar’s progress
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao met with Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw and State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss Myanmar’s development prospects, macroeconomic and... -
IOM organized workshop with officials on counter-trafficking in Mexico
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: IOM launched this week in Chiapas, southern Mexico, a series of workshops aimed at strengthening the counter-trafficking capacities of the Inter-Institutional Committee for Assistance to Trafficking Victims with judiciary officials, emphasizing a human rights... -
Nigeria need to increase transparency on asset recovery
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, is participating in a workshop to follow up on the commitments the government of Nigeria made at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London in May on fighting corruption in... -
ADB and Munich Re signed a deal to increase business in developing Asia
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Germany-based Munich Re have signed an agreement on $250 million cover to help ADB’s Trade Finance Program expand support for trade in developing Asia. The agreement will see... -
Sri Lanka and ADB singed a 2 million dollar agreement for relief fund
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: The Government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $2 million grant agreement to finance relief efforts in the country following the recent floods and landslides which claimed the... -
Organizations delivers water and other supply to remote drought-hit areas of PNG
Jun 16, 2016News Hour: Isolated communities in Papua New Guinea have been suffering from drought for numerous months. A major step in lifting them out of need came this week when IOM and the EU stepped up their...
