DRC / GOMA-BAN KI MOON & JIM YON KIM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier today together with Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank visited Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MONUSCO
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier today together with Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank visited Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MONUSCO
Earlier today Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In Kinshasa, he met with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, as part of a first joint UN/World Bank visit. They both held meetings with DRC President Joseph Kabila, and Government ministers. MONUSCO
United Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron, one of the Co-Chairs of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, briefs journalists on the steps to take after the U.N. Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. UNTV
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and the Bank’s chief economist outline goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity during the Bank’s annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. WORLD BANK
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to reach more than 5 per cent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices worldwide and strong consumer spending on the continent, ensuring that the region remains amongst the fastest growing in the world — according to the World Bank's latest Africa's Pulse, a [...]
The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) 2013 Human Development Report entitled "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" was launched in Mexico City today by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto. UNDP
Cleaner cook stoves and rural electrification are part of energy projects in Senegalthat rely on women in the decision-making process, helping them improve their lives and the prosperity of their families. WORLD BANK
To export a truckload of goods out of Nepalmeans a flurry of paperwork, unbelievably treacherous mountain roads, and a border post without a proper computer system. It’s an exhausting, frustrating journey. Now there are plans to streamline the process to improve trade with India and the world. WORLD BANK
A cash transfer programme is helping young Kenyans in a Nairobi slum break the cycle of poverty. UNICEF
The three Panel's Co-Chairs, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Prime Minister David Cameron of theUnited Kingdom and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia briefed the media immediately following the first meeting of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. UNTV