Can A Better Way to Measure Conflict-Related Deaths Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? Joanne Lu September 13, 2017The UN General Assembly kicked off its 72nd session this week, and its new president, Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia, has already indicated that preventing deadly conflicts will be one of his top priorities. The t...
How Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better? Mark Leon Goldberg September 8, 2017With Houston still reeling from Hurricane Harvey, Irma causing massive havoc in the Caribbean, and more storms on the way, I thought it would be timely and interesting to speak with my guest today, Maria Iv...
This is How a Mudslide Can Kill So Many People in Sierra Leone Kimberly Curtis August 15, 2017Rainy season is currently upon Sierra Leone but this year the rains brought more than the country can handle. Heavy rains over the weekend around the capitol Freetown resulted in flash flooding and several maj...
Map of the Day: A New Food Emergency Mark Leon Goldberg August 14, 2017Today's map comes from a UN-entity known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification program. This is a group of food security and agricultural experts from the World Food Program and the Food and Agri...
Everything you know about Sweatshops is Wrong Mark Leon Goldberg July 27, 2017Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. Chris Blattman is a development economist who routinely conducts experiments to test ideas related to reducing poverty and improving the wel...
A Trump Administration Proposal Would Put Clean Drinking Water out of Reach for Millions Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg July 25, 2017Ed note. This is a special guest post from Sarina Prabasi, CEO of WaterAid America.2.1 billion people around the world lack safe drinking water at home—with 159 million people, most of whom live in sub-Saha...
A New Report Shows How Close the World is to Totally Eradicating Extreme Poverty Mark Leon Goldberg July 17, 2017The United Nations released a key report today showing how far the world still needs to go to reach its goal of totally eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. The report finds that as of 2013--the most recent dat...
Map of the Day: Where You Can Find a Toilet Mark Leon Goldberg July 14, 2017Where to find the nearest toilet is a matter of convenience in some of the world. But for millions of people it is a matter of profound consequence to their health and well being. A just-released report from UN...
The latest World Population Facts and Figures Were Just Released By the UN Mark Leon Goldberg June 22, 2017 Pop Quiz: how many people are in the world right now?The answer is 7.6 billion.That data point and much more are contained in a just-released report called "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revisi...
