Climate Action Key to Kenya’s Upper-Middle-Income Country Aspirations
Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. Without adaptation measures, the impact from climate change could not only disproportionately affect the poor, but also result in real GDP losses of up to 7% from the baseline by 2050. Kenya is a relatively low emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) generating less than 0.1%of...
World Bank Approves $460 million for Improvement of Statistics in Western and Central Africa
The World Bank today approved $460 million in credits and grants from the International Development Association (IDA)* to improve and harmonize data systems in eight countries in Western Africa and three regional organizations.
The Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa (HISWACA) Project, Phase 1, is aimed at building statistical capacity to improve...
Jobs in Asia and the Pacific record modest recovery
while future growth prospects remain challenging
BANGKOK, Thailand (ILO News) – Asia-Pacific labour markets have recorded a...
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data
Over 6000 cities now monitor air quality
Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that...
 Climate Challenge as Economic Opportunity
UAE Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, and Special Envoy for Climate Change, His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber,...
Which Airline are not flying anymore? Airline bankruptcies in 2019
Thomas Cook’s bankruptcy had the greatest impact on passengers. In addition to the thousands of...
UNCTAD calls on world's poorest countries to take a leasing role in directing external aid to development
Least developed countries (LDCs), the world’s most impoverished...
Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers
Meet Carolina. She works in a water and sanitation utility in a small European city. As a female employee,...
A Brit's Brexit - notes from a small (minded) island!
Annemarie Robson
International Editor based in the UK
This is my personal view and does not necessarily...
Unemployment, Governance Challenges and Energy Price Shocks Seen as Major Risks in the Middle East and North Africa, Climate Change Possible Blind Spot
Business leaders...
