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 ...
PODCAST: How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger Mark Leon Goldberg September 26, 2018Every year during UN Week there are a number of substantive and important issues discussed, new initiatives launched and new partnerships formed, typically around some big important global issues. It is a week in the diplomatic calendar in which a lot of p...
PODCAST: How Much Progress Are We Making Towards the Sustainable Development Goals? Mark Leon Goldberg July 19, 2018At the United Nations in mid-July officials gathered for an annual checkup on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, as they are known, are a set of 17 anti-poverty, health and environmental goals that in 2015 the world agreed to ac...
It’s been three years since the world agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals. So how are we doing? Mark Leon Goldberg July 17, 2018That is the central question driving a series of meetings this week at the United Nations, known as the "High Level Political Forum" for the Sustainable Development Goals, or HLFP for short.The HLPF is the annual check up on the SDGs in which governments, ...
A Conversation with Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Offices in Geneva Mark Leon Goldberg May 24, 2018 I was a bit skeptical when my guest today told me that every person on the planet, in any 24 hour period, is somehow impacted by the work of the UN and other international entities in Geneva.Still, Michael Møller would be in a position to...
