UN Report Finds Opioids Are Responsible for Nearly 400,000 Deaths Worldwide Joanne Lu July 17, 2019The global opioid crisis is worse than we thought. Thanks to new and more precise data from India and Nigeria – two countries that are among the 10 most populous in the world – the World Drug Report 2019, published last week by the UN Office on Drugs and Crim...
Asian Countries Are Off Track to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Joanne Lu June 7, 2019Bad news for Asia and the Pacific: Not a single country in the region is on track to achieve any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, a recent UN report has warned. Although progress has been made on some fronts – namely toward ending poverty ...
These Ten Worst Corporate Tax Havens in the World Are Stifling Sustainable Development Joanne Lu May 31, 2019The UN and other international organizations have warned that tax systems must be strengthened to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But according to the Tax Justice Network, multinational corporations are dodging about $500 billion in taxes each y...
The Number of Children Affected By Conflict is Skyrocketing Joanne Lu February 26, 2019Children are getting caught in the crossfire of conflict at a devastating rate, according to a new report by Save the Children and the Peace Research Institute Oslo: Five times more children than combatants are being killed in conflicts around the world. As t...
Crowdfunding the Sustainable Development Goals Joanne Lu February 13, 2019GoFundMe for the Sustainable Development Goals? It's more feasible than you may think. A new study from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School says crowdfunding may be a viable strategy for financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Accordi...
Here’s How Every Country Ranks When it Comes to Child Abuse and Child Safety Joanne Lu January 18, 2019The United Kingdom is the safest place to be a child, while Pakistan is the least safe. That’s according to a new index that ranks 40 countries on how well they’re responding to the threat of sexual abuse and exploitation against children. According to the re...
What’s Next for the World Bank After Jim Yong Kim’s Sudden Resignation? Mark Leon Goldberg January 10, 2019World Bank president Jim Yong Kim is stepping down at the end January. He made that announcement on January 7th, surprising most observers for the fact that he is resigning from his post with three years left in his second term. This vacancy presents a key in...
A New Law Passed by Congress is “The biggest step forward in U.S. development policy” in 15 Years Joanne Lu November 14, 2018U.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. development bank that will help American business...
Some Good News: Food Imports Are Getting Cheaper for Poor Countries Joanne Lu November 12, 2018Good 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. The latest report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture ...
