By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Over 3,500 youth officers have been laid off as part of the nation’s shortage of currency amid efforts to streamline the wage bill. It was explained that the layoffs would save the country a substantial amount while the nation’s economy is limping. Public Service Commission […]
Strengthening The Evidence Base To Deliver On The 2030 Agenda
Viewpoint by Gemma Van Halderen The writer is Director, Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). This article appeared as blog on the UNESCAP website on January 2, 2019. BANGKOK (IDN) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious agenda of 17 global […]
An Exceptional Book With A Message Of Hope That Does Not Exist Today
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* The following is the text of the Foreword to Riccardo Petrella’s In the Name of Humanity, English edition under way of Au nom de l’humanité. L’audace mondiale – Éditions Couleur Livres, 2015. Petrella is an Italian economist, political scientist and a leading figure in the anti-globalisation movement. He is Emeritus Professor […]
New Agreement Seeks To Resist Powerful Greenhouse Gases
By Devendra Kamarajan NAIROBI (IDN) – A new agreement signed in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, promises to fight global warming. Known as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, came into force on January 1, 2019. According to UN Environment, it will reduce the projected production […]
UNDP Selects Next Generation Of Leadership Worldwide
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) – While the vast majority of the senior leadership of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – 126 Resident Representatives – were slated to leave the organization simultaneously on December 31, 2018, a new pool of world class talent has been selected to lead the UNDP’s development work across […]
Syria Withdrawal Plan Tallies With America’s Wish To Bring Soldiers Home
Viewpoint by Ellen R. Wald The writer is a historian and author of ‘Saudi, Inc.’ She is the president of Transversal Consulting and also teaches Middle East history and policy at Jacksonville University, USA. Twitter: @EnergzdEconomy. This article first appeared on the Arab News on January 2, 2019. JACKSONWILLE, USA (IDN-INPS) – President Donald Trump […]
Contemporary Art Triggers China-India Soft-Power Competition
Art is a means of soft power for persuading and attracting global attention. “As globalization has distributed economic benefits around the world more broadly, emerging economies are stepping up to express their role as actors in the global sphere,” explains John Zarobell, associate professor and chair of International Studies at the University of San Francisco. […]
Trump, Big Oil Double Down On Automobile Inefficiency
By William Mebane The writer is former Director of Energy Efficiency Department at the Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA). ROME (IDN) – A group of U.S. oil companies, including Chevron, Exxon Mobile, Marathon and Phillips – 66, together with the Trump Administration – are seeking to cancel the previously approved 2022-2025 requirements of energy […]
UN Keen To Progress Towards 17 Global Development Goals
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – A series of events, including two High-level Political Forums (HLPFs) and the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on the margins of the 74th General Assembly underline the vital importance of 2019 that marks the fourth year of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Sustainable […]
Sustainable Blue Economy Movement Gains Momentum
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The concept of sustainable blue economy is gaining momentum, including at the highest levels of decision making, encouraging proponents of the growing movement to believe that humans can use the ocean as a tool for lifting people out of poverty, all the while protecting its valuable ecosystems. […]