A New Law Passed by Congress is “The biggest step forward in U.S. development policy” in 15 Years Joanne Lu November 14, 2018 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is on a mission this week to win the hearts and minds – and cooperation – of Southeast Asian leaders. He’s doing so with the help of a recently passed bill that creates a new U.S....
Some Good News: Food Imports Are Getting Cheaper for Poor Countries Joanne Lu November 12, 2018 Good news for the world’s poorest countries: Importing food will be cheaper this year as prices for certain items are falling. But for many farmers in those countries, their livelihoods could be in jeopardy. T...
The UN Refugee Agency Faces a Big Funding Shortfall Joanne Lu October 17, 2018 As the refugee crisis continues to worsen, funding for it is steadily shrinking, according to a new report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). So far, the agency says it’s only received 45 percent of the $8.2 mi...
Chart of the Day: The World Bank Ranks Each County Based on Its “Human Capital” Joanne Lu October 16, 2018 How 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, 2018 Globally, 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, 2018 Global 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, 2018 The 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, 2018 Today’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...
