You have heard me say it on more than one occasion that the world’s problems are all primarily economic in nature. Economics is about how we allocate our scarce resources among competing ends. If ...

African countries are struggling to halve their population living in extreme poverty, a progress report on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows. The report released by the World Bank states that ...

A progress report on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows that two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting key targets for tackling poverty and hunger. "Among developing ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- International trade will only succeed in helping fight global poverty if the rich countries turn their rhetoric into action and introduce far-reaching changes in international trade.

In an effort to reduce poverty, the Millennium Development Goals office and the Sokoto State government have provided N300 million for a comprehensive programme within communities in the state. The ...

Jacques Diouf is the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). He was Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations, Secretary-General of the ...

HelpAge International is calling on governments to invest in “social transfer schemes” – which provide guaranteed minimum levels of income – as a way of achieving the Millennium Development Goals ...

I like to take this first public opportunity to express my deep gratitude to the Secretary-General for his confidence in me and I hope to be able to fulfil that trust. Although green and fertile, ...

Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...

Today’s announcement by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that aid to developing countries has fallen by nearly 3 percent ...

The Akwa Ibom State Government has received over N9billion from the Millennium Development Goals Conditional Cash Transfer (MDGs-CCT) scheme since 2007. The Senior Special Assistant to President ...