Strengthening basic education in Lesotho
The Government of Lesotho and the World Bank have signed an agreement to improve student retention in times of COVID-19 in an environment in which boys, particularly from poor households…
FIJI TAPS INTO NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO BOOST ECONOMY
Fiji has an abundance of natural resources, and lacks the intense demographic, economic and industrial pressures that cause many serious environmental issues. Still, the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) must…
MILLION AFRICAN CHILDREN PROTECTED BY FIRST MALARIA VACCINE
As World Malaria Day approaches, more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a…
HOW AFRICAN LEADERS ARE CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD
The world’s most driven researchers, innovative entrepreneurs, activists, and promising political leaders between the ages of 30 and 40 are joining the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of…
BANGLADESH ECONOMY SHOWS RESILIENCE AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY
Bangladesh has made a strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but growth faces new headwinds as global commodity prices increase amid the uncertainty created by the war in Ukraine,…
“GREAT FINANCE DIVIDE” POSES MAJOR SETBACK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The crippling cost of debt financing for many developing countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, and constrained their ability to respond to…
WHO AND GHANA AGREE TO ACCELERATE ACTIONS ON NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
The World Health Organization has welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and Government Group to accelerate progress towards the SDG target for noncommunicable diseases – a one-third reduction…