Children: A Policy, A Charter and A Plan of Action. Are They Enough

India has the largest child population in the world.  More than 40 of India’s children are under 18 years.

India is armed with a policy, a charter and a ...

The Year the World Bank Fused Sustainable Development with Its Goals for the Future

The World Bank Group set two ambitious goals in 2013, and in the process made clear that one concept will underlie its actions toward both: sustainability.
“Endi...

$12 Billion Is Pledged to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

The amount pledged by donor countries over three years to a global fund was more than the amount raised in 2010, but far short of the goal.Click Read More

Editorial

Vinta Nanda
Managing Director
Asian Center for Entertainment & Educatio...

The Eye of the Storm

 
Vinta Nanda
Managing Director
Asian Center for Entertainment & Edu...

2?C rise will be a disaster say leading scientists

Governments have set the wrong target to limit climate change. The goal at present ? to limit global warming to a maximum of 2?C higher than the average for most of human h...

World Bank analysis show that low income countries are lagging behind in race to end poverty

The World Bank’s analysis emphasises the difficulty of reaching the goal to end poverty by 2030, finding that while the reduction in poverty moved significantly in mi...

Strengthening African health systems

A group of current and former African finance ministers discussed ways to improve the management of public health systems at an early October roundtable convened by Harvard...

In 2000, the UN set eight goals that changed the world. They expire in 2015, what next?

AN UNCERTAIN BEGINNING

Although it was several years ago, I still remember how Melinda and I felt when we learned about the Millennium Development Goals. We were ho...