Chart of the Day: The World Bank Ranks Each County Based on Its “Human Capital” Joanne Lu October 16, 2018How well are governments setting up their people for success? According to a new set of rankings by the World Bank – not so well. The Human Capital Index (HCI), launched last week at the World Bank-Internation...
A New UN Report Finds that a Child Under the Age of 15 Dies Every 5 Seconds Joanne Lu September 21, 2018Globally, children have a greater chance of survival than ever before. Yet because of growing inequality, in 2017, a child under the age of 15 died every five seconds, a new UN report says, and most of those de...
A Major UN Report Shows That Progress on Reducing Global Hunger Has Been Reversed Joanne Lu September 13, 2018Global hunger is on the rise for the third year in a row and reached an “alarming” ten-year high in 2017, according to the UN’s annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report published yesterda...
UN Releases Alarming Data on Lack of Breastfeeding Worldwide Joanne Lu July 31, 2018The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are continuing to push for legal restrictions on how infant formula and breast-milk substitutes are marketed, after they found...
Will a New Arms Embargo Contribute to an Elusive Peace in South Sudan? Joanne Lu July 21, 2018 After years of consideration, the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan last week. It’s the latest international response to the rapid breakdown of another short-lived attempt at peace in...
Map of the Day: Where Refugees Live Joanne Lu June 20, 2018Today’s map comes from the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Tent Partnership for Refugees. It shows that as many as 2.1 million refugees of working age (18 to 59) live in major urban areas in develop...
For the First Time Since the US-Lead Intervention, the Rate of Children Not in School in Afghanistan is Rising Joanne Lu June 8, 2018 For the first time since 2002, when a US-lead intervention toppled the Taliban government, the rate of children not in school in Afghanistan is rising. According to a new report by UNICEF and the Afghan gove...
Myanmar Armed Forces Blacklisted By UN For Committing Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Joanne Lu April 17, 2018For the first time ever, the UN secretary-general is including Myanmar Armed Forces on an annual blacklist of groups that are “credibly suspected” of carrying out sexual violence during conflict. The report, p...
The USA is Closer Than Ever to Reforming its Inefficient Food Aid Program Joanne Lu March 20, 2018Advocates for better food aid are hoping they’ll finally see long-awaited changes become law. Last week, Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Ed Royce (R-CA) and Earl Blumenaue...
