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International aid: towards a responsible partnership for development
Written by Usama Khilji
The eighth of the 2015 United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) states that the international community is to take measures to increase cooperation and encourage a partnership between the developed and the developing world. With a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.49, and with 40% of its population living below […]
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Pakistani Government turning a blind eye to their weather updates.
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
People hardly consider climate as a problem; too much rain or very hot summers are just a natural phenomenon for them. What they’re really concerned about is the high cost of the electrical bills or the poor job done by the municipal department in keeping the drains working. Government is then […]
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Cambodia: reform needed to combat poverty
Written by Chak Sopheap
Cambodia is among the world’s poorest countries. While parts of the economy are making considerable progress, more than 30 percent of the population still live in poverty. Though the government has proposed many strategies – like the the Poverty Reduction Strategy Program, Cambodia Millennium Development Goals and the National Strategic […]
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Civil Society Participation and UN Women
Written by Tom Fries
Globalsister.org presses for a role for civil society as advisors and actors in the functioning of UN Women. Read more
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How well-represented is the average person, or the average dollar?
Written by Tom Fries
Consider the three pie charts below, which show (1) the percentage of NGOs at the UN headquartered in OECD nations, G77 nations, or nations that are neither OECD nor G77 members against (2) the percentage of world population living in each group and (3) the percentage of world GDP (by […]
