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Transforming development policy requires ambitious public administration r
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the latest UN report indicates slowing progress, the need for significant reforms in public administration becomes apparent.
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Climate change may push up to 158.3 million more women and girls into pove
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
If unchecked, climate change will significantly increase women's vulnerability to poverty and hunger, undermining hard-won development gains, according to a UN report.
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Climate change may push up to 158.3 million more women, girls into poverty
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
If unchecked, climate change will significantly increase women's vulnerability to poverty and hunger, undermining hard-won development gains, according to a UN report.
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Insecurity surge in Afghanistan following four murders in 36 hours
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Insecurity has risen across Afghanistan, with four murders recorded in Nangarhar, Takhar, Faryab, and Oruzgan in the last 36 hours, reported Khaama Press on Wednesday.
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Retirement Planning: Building a Secure Future
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31: According to a UN report, India, a country predominantly populated by those under 35, is projected to be home to the world's largest elderly population by 2050. Despite this impending demographic shift, a shockingly low 7.4% of Indians are financially prepared f
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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online scam centres across Southeast
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations said in a report that hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have surged across Southeast Asia in the past years, reported Al Jazeera.
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Taliban continues to restrict rights of women and girls: UN report
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The seven-page report that covers the period from May to June highlighted the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women.
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Afghanistan responsible for 80 per cent of illicit opium production global
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a separate report, UNODC said that Afghanistan is home to an estimated 3.5 million drug users, which account for nearly 10 per cent of the total population.
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Systematic discrimination against women in Afghanistan, UN report highligh
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"One of the most illustrative examples of the systematic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan today is the relentless issuance of edicts, decrees, declarations and directives restricting their rights, including their freedom of movement, attire and behaviour, and their acces
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Pakistan a 'very high concern' area in food insecurity: UN report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
It observes that, in the midst of the present global economic slump, rising state debt has aggravated Pakistan's protracted financial crisis.
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China's demographic imbalance may lead to labour shortages, rising employm
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a UN report, the demographic imbalance in China is likely to have far-reaching implications for the economy including labour shortages, rising employment costs and weakened spending power which would be a drag on economic growth.
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New UNESCO report reveals USD 97bn barrier to reaching education targets
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The paper "Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks?" by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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