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Training youth helps ensure stability in Mali
It’s 7:30 in the morning, and already classes have begun at the Soufouroulaye youth camp about 500 km from the Malian capital. For the 60 young women and men who have come from all parts of the...
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ADDIS: UN conference opens with call for 'reboot' of development finance
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New UN report finds drop in global foreign direct investment in 2014
25 Jun 201524 June 2015 – Global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined in 2014 but flows to developing...
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Funding the planet’s future
19 Jun 2015As the Millennium Development Goals expire towards the end of this year, world leaders will gather...
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The changing face of Ethiopia
19 Jun 2015When a severe famine hit Ethiopia 30 years ago, the UN intervened with humanitarian assistance. To...
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UN officials urge greater investment to boost Africa’s development prospects
17 Jul 2014United Nations officials today stressed the need to harness the necessary resources to take Africa’...
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A vision of an integrated Africa
19 Nov 2013Under-Secretary-General Maged Abdelaziz, special adviser to the UN secretary-general and head of...
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No place like home
19 Jul 2013Mariam Koné left Canada five years ago to start a business consulting firm in Bamako, the capital...
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Tapping migration wealth to fund development
19 Jul 2013In a small and stuffy room in midtown Manhattan, some people are filling in forms while others wait...
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Burundi’s push for universal education
2 Oct 2012Offering free education, making it compulsory and supporting it politically has been the winning...
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‘Invest in the people,’ says Seychelles president
2 Oct 2012The Seychelles, with its many Indian Ocean islands and beaches, is renowned as a high-end...
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