The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia and PROTECT programmes, provided crucial support to Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand amid the recent border conflict. Over 6,700 returnees, predominantly women, were assisted in provinces including Banteay Meanchey, Koh Kong, Takeo, Kampong Speu, Kampong Cham, and Siem Reap with… [Read More]
World Bank Approves Two Digital Initiatives in India for Education and Agriculture
The World Bank has approved two major projects in India aimed at improving education outcomes in Punjab and boosting incomes for small and marginal farmers in Maharashtra through digital solutions. Together, these initiatives are expected to benefit over six million people by leveraging technology to enhance learning and agricultural productivity. The Punjab Outcomes-Acceleration in School… [Read More]
Mauritania Receives World Bank Support to Advance Inclusive Growth and Sustainability
The World Bank has approved Mauritania’s First Reform for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Development Policy Financing, providing a $30 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the government’s efforts to build a more diversified, resilient, and job-creating economy. The program aims to expand economic opportunities, strengthen institutions, and improve essential services, ensuring… [Read More]
UNCTAD Partners with DR Congo on Funding to Strengthen Economic Productivity
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has committed $500,000 to strengthen its productive capacities with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This funding will support analytical research, technical cooperation, and the development of a holistic programme, alongside statistical training and a national gap assessment on productive capacities… [Read More]
New Funding Injection Speeds Up the Fight Against Malaria
Research to eliminate malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, is set to accelerate with a USD $4.7 million grant from the Gates Foundation awarded to scientists at The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia (UWA). Global malaria cases surged to an estimated 263 million in 2023, resulting in over 597,000… [Read More]
Inter-American Development Bank Honored with 2025 Knowledge Management Award
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has been honored with the International Knowledge Management Award 2025 by Knowledge Management Austria and the global Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP), recognizing its leadership in knowledge management for sustainable development and its role in linking evidence, learning, and action across Latin America and the Caribbean. For over six decades,… [Read More]
Civic Engagement and Ethnic Identity: Colombia’s Fight for Inclusive Spaces
When Colombian youth leader José Antonio Minota attended a workshop at the Casa de las Memorias museum in Cali, he did so with a purpose beyond participation. Representing Afro-descendant youth from Comuna 20, he aimed to reclaim civic space for communities that are too often rendered invisible. Through music and storytelling, José highlighted the cultural… [Read More]
Protecting Children: How the International Development Sector Can Safeguard Content from Abusers
Everyday photos and videos of children, such as those showing them playing, eating, or smiling, can be misused by paedocriminal perpetrators even if no nudity is involved. This includes content created and published by international development actors, including NGOs and UN bodies. While intended to showcase children’s rights, needs, and potential, such imagery can be… [Read More]
COP30 Explained: Goals, Agreements, and Global Climate Impact
At COP28 in Dubai, global civil society achieved a historic milestone by securing a decision to transition away from fossil fuels, marking the first time in nearly three decades of UNFCCC negotiations that tackling the root cause of climate change was explicitly recognized. Despite some erosion of this global consensus since then, the decision still… [Read More]
Learning Review of Humanitarian Diplomacy in Action
Humanitarian crises have intensified in recent years due to rising conflict and displacement, while humanitarian financing and resources remain constrained. Increasingly complex geopolitics have complicated humanitarian access, with international laws and norms often disregarded and political efforts to resolve conflicts less effective. This context has highlighted the importance of humanitarian diplomacy, an approach aimed at… [Read More]
Solar Energy in Aquaculture: Securing the Future of Fish Farming
Mukhiya Fish Farms, located in Sahidnagar Municipality, Madhesh Province, Nepal, has been a pioneering institution in the country’s aquaculture sector for nearly 40 years. Established by Boyalal Mukhiya and now managed by his son Kanhaiya and daughter-in-law Manju Devi Mukhiya, the farm has grown from general fish farming to a high-demand hatchery business. Despite challenges… [Read More]
ACASH: Promoting Affordable Housing and Sustainable Settlements
South Africa faces a significant housing challenge, with over 2.3 million units in backlog and millions living in informal settlements or overcrowded homes. Since the end of apartheid, the government has prioritized inclusive human settlements as part of its social transformation agenda. In response, a variety of innovative government-led, private, and community-based initiatives have emerged… [Read More]
Global Outcry: Luxembourg NGOs and Unions Protest Amazon Practices
A coalition of eleven NGOs, trade unions, and civil‑society groups will hold a protest in Luxembourg City as part of the global Make Amazon Pay campaign. Participating organizations include ASTM, CELL, Collectif Palestine Luxembourg, Tax Justice Lëtzebuerg, Déi Lénk, etika, OGBL, Greenpeace Luxembourg, and Rise for Climate. The protest, scheduled at the corner of Grand… [Read More]
Cities as Engines of Employment: The New Geography of Jobs
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia’s second-largest city, exemplifies the evolving role of African secondary cities as engines of economic opportunity. Situated along the Addis–Djibouti trade corridor, the city has grown from a historic railway town into a logistics and manufacturing hub with a free-trade zone, a dry port, and a large industrial park. Its connectivity enables faster… [Read More]
Mauritania: World Bank Introduces EDGE Strategy to Accelerate Growth and Employment
The World Bank Group has launched a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Mauritania covering fiscal years 2026 to 2030, aimed at accelerating Economic Diversification for Growth and Employment (EDGE). The five-year strategy focuses on four key outcomes: creating more and better jobs, strengthening institutions and governance, improving connectivity in communities, and enhancing population resilience…. [Read More]
Tunisia’s Economic Recovery Depends on Stronger Social Safety Nets
Tunisia’s economy is showing signs of recovery, driven by stronger agricultural production, a revival in the construction sector, and improving tourism, according to the World Bank’s latest economic update, “Strengthening Social Safety Nets for Increased Efficiency and Equity.” Real GDP grew by 2.4 percent in the first nine months of 2025, following years of moderate… [Read More]
WFP Lebanon Receives Korean Contribution to Assist Vulnerable Families and Students
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received its first-ever in-kind rice donation from the Government of the Republic of Korea to support vulnerable families and schoolchildren in Lebanon. The contribution totals 864 metric tons of Korean rice and will bolster two major WFP initiatives: food assistance for economically vulnerable households and take-home rations… [Read More]
PRC’s Fujian Province Secures $142 Million ADB Loan for Coastal Resilience and Biodiversity Protection
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of CNY1,013.56 million (about $142.25 million) to strengthen climate resilience and protect biodiversity in the coastal cities of Fuzhou and Yunxiao in Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China. The Fujian Coastal Cities Climate-Resilient Development and Biodiversity Conservation Project will benefit 4.4 million residents by reducing flood risks… [Read More]
Meghalaya Secures $77 Million ADB Loan to Strengthen Ecotourism and Climate-Resilient Livelihoods
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $77 million loan to support ecotourism and natural farming in Meghalaya, India, with the goal of creating sustainable livelihoods and strengthening environmental resilience. The Integrated Ecotourism and Sustainable Agri-Based Livelihood Development in Meghalaya Project will combine nature-based tourism with climate-smart agriculture and forest conservation to benefit more than… [Read More]
African Development Fund Grants Extra $28 Million to Strengthen Benin’s Private Sector
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved an additional $28 million in financing for Benin to advance the Economic Governance and Private Sector Development Support Programme (PAGE-DSP). This new funding, approved on 24 November 2025, follows the successful completion of phases I and II in 2023 and 2024. Its overall goal… [Read More]
Nigeria Secures $500 Million AfDB Loan to Boost Governance Reforms and Clean Energy Shift
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $500 million loan to the Government of Nigeria to finance the second phase of the Economic Governance and Energy Transition Support Programme, covering fiscal years 2024 and 2025. This phase builds on earlier progress and aims to advance economic reforms while supporting… [Read More]
African Development Bank Unveils Strategy to Strengthen Somalia’s Infrastructure and Build a Resilient Economy
A farmer harvesting melons in Somalia’s drought-prone fields reflects the tangible progress made through initiatives like the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme. Her success demonstrates what becomes possible when communities gain access to water and productive resources, and it symbolizes Somalia’s broader transition marked by improved security, deeper political engagement, and renewed reform efforts…. [Read More]
Côte d’Ivoire Secures €39 Million AfDB Funding to Strengthen Governance and Revenue Mobilisation
Côte d’Ivoire will receive new support from the African Development Bank Group to strengthen governance and advance more inclusive and resilient economic growth. The Bank’s Board of Directors has approved financing aimed at helping the country deepen reforms that enhance transparency, improve public resource management, and ensure that national development benefits all Ivorians. During its… [Read More]
