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‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding

·June 28, 2025·4 min read

For decades, helping the least developed countries to develop has been seen as beneficial for the international community as a whole, as well as a duty of the countries with more resources. However, this philosophy is being challenged by some wealthy nations, which have decided to reduce or even end...

$1 towards a girl’s education = $3 for the global economy: That’s how development works

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·June 25, 2025·4 min read

Every dollar invested in girls’ education yields an average return of $2.80 – translating into billions in additional GDP. Similarly, each dollar spent on water and sanitation saves $4.30 in healthcare costs. Simple math, not miracles These aren’t miracles – they’re measurable outcomes. Maths doesn’t recognize gender or infrastructure; it...

What is financing for development?

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·June 22, 2025·5 min read

These are part of 17 goals agreed by nearly every country, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The plan is to hit these targets by 2030. But we’re falling behind. One big reason? There just isn’t enough consistent funding to make real progress. That’s why world leaders, economists, and other...

Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

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·June 20, 2025·3 min read

Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for humanitarian aid is rising as resources dwindle. Every dollar spent on prevention could save up to $103 in conflict-related costs, according to the International Monetary Fund...

‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development – could AI provide answers?

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·May 7, 2025·3 min read

For several decades, human development indicators showed a steady, upward curve and UN researchers predicted that by 2030, a high level of development would be enjoyed by the global population. Those hopes have been dashed in recent years following a period of exceptional crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic –...

UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development

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·April 21, 2025·2 min read

Putting sustainable change and social inclusion at the forefront of its effort, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is the UN’s largest annual gathering of young people. “The urgency of shaping a more sustainable, inclusive and just future for all has never been clearer,” said the President of ECOSOC, Bob...

Looking beyond GDP to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

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·March 30, 2025·5 min read

The initiative is in line with UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s longstanding assertion that “moving beyond GDP is fundamental to building an economic system that gives value to what counts – human well-being – now and in the future, and for everyone”. While GDP has become the gold standard by which...

Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children’s early development: Türk

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·March 13, 2025·4 min read

During a discussion on early childhood development, the High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored that 80 per cent of the human brain is formed in the first three years of life, as he appealed for a reset in youth-centred policy. “Investments in early childhood are one of the smartest ways...

Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’

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·January 28, 2025·1 min read

President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which his new foreign policy priorities. The immediate scope of the order was not clear but on Friday, according to news reports, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued...

World’s largest urban development forum concludes with Cairo Call to Action

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·November 10, 2024·4 min read

Ahead of the closing ceremony, UN-Habitat Executive Director, Anaclaudia Rossbach, emphasised the Forum’s timely emphasis on local action. “Over half of the world’s population now resides in urban areas,” she said, as she highlighted the pivotal role of local governments in shaping cities and human settlements. WUF12 was “a turning...

‘Historic development’ in Thailand as it moves to end statelessness for nearly 500,000 people

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·November 3, 2024·1 min read

The decision announced on Friday will benefit 335,000 longtime residents and members of officially recognized minority ethnic groups, along with approximately 142,000 of their children born in Thailand. ‘Historic development’ “This is a historic development,” said Ms. Hai Kyung Jun, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Bureau Director for Asia and the...

Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years

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·October 22, 2024·2 min read

“Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward by relying on humanitarian aid alone,” Gaza war: Expected socioeconomic impacts on the State of Palestine, concludes, produced by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the...