13-11-2009 Developing countries can chart a low-carbon path and still promote development to reduce poverty. World Bank’s World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change points out that with technical and financial assistance from high-income countries, a climate smart world can be built.
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28-10-2009 UN’s report Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis highlights the need for cooperation among key stakeholders for accelerating progress on the Millennium Development Goals. It recommends public-private partnerships for advancing economic and environmentally sustainable growth.
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03-09-2009 United Nations latest report World Economic and Social Survey 2009 highlights the impact of climate change on developing countries and the need for stronger efforts to cut down emissions. The document recommends a combination of large-scale investments and active government policy interventions for holistic development.
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21-08-2009 UN Millennium Campaign's publication The MDGs through Socio-Economic Rights is an advocacy tool for parliamentarians, legislators and citizens groups, promoting the MDGs as human rights in constitution making and national reform processes.
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01-06-2009 Amnesty International’s report: The State of the World’s Human Rights reveals that global recession is fuelling suppression of human rights. As governments worldwide crack down on people protesting against economic hardships, the document highlights the need for a new global deal to avert further instability.
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22-05-2009 Measuring the Information Society, a new index from International Telecommunication Union captures the level of advancement of ICTs in more than 150 countries. The objective is to measure the global digital divide and provide policymakers with a useful tool to assess the information society development.
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14-05-2009 UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons assesses the different forms of human trafficking and the global fight to end the practice. It explains the growth of modern slave markets and exposes ineffectiveness of governments in implementing legislations for curbing the crime across borders.
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27-04-2009 Come on In. The Water‘s Fine published by Brotherton Strategies explores the opportunities and challenges presented by new interactive media tools under Web 2.0 technology. The report seeks to help organisations in reaching out to a wider audience to drive their grantmaking.
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22-04-2009 Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity has published a paper titled: The making of Sri Lanka’s post-conflict economic package and the future of the 2001-2004 peace process. It points out the impact of market reforms in destabilising the peace-building process in the country.
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16-04-2009 International Food Policy Research Institute releases its first series Agriculture and Climate Change: An Agenda for Negotiation in Copenhagen. The document looks into funding opportunities that would help poor farmers in undertaking mitigation and adaptation activities.
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