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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Fish (including crustaceans and molluscs) are an important natural food source and industry. World fish consumption in 2016 was 19.7kg per person, accounting for 17.4 percent of all animal protein consumed. For more than 3bn people, the ocean is
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]There were probably millions of adults who felt a stab of recognition when Pink Floyd released their “rock opera”, The Wall in 1979, particularly the video featuring political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe’s savage animation – which described the British education
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OECD: Private Finance for Sustainable Development
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría opened the third edition of the annual PF4SD Conference, highlighting the urgent need to step up action to align finance with the SDGs. We are only a decade away from delivering on the SDGs, yet progress
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Q&A with the Executive Secretary of the UNCDF: Judith Karl
How would you sum up in three single words what characterises your team at UNCDF? Innovative Nimble Trusted What are you trying to accomplish? We aim to make finance work for the poor. In the current global financial ecosystem, finance
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Alisher Sultanov, Energy Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan: There Must Be Conservation and Cooling in Uzbekistan
Driving from the airport to Uzbekistan’s ancient city of Bukhara, visitors can see a series of new residential buildings on the side of the road, evidence of the building boom currently underway in Uzbekistan. If you look closely, you can
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] In-depth Country Profiles Economic Data GDP (current prices) GDP Growth GDP per capita – purchasing power parity Current Account Balance Unemployment Rate General government net lending/borrowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Net Inflows Exports of goods and services
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Fifteen Reasons Why the Saudi Vision 2030 Plan Will Succeed
This writer is reflecting on some wonderful impressions gained – in early December 2019 – during a one-week intensive tour of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as a guest of the Ministry of Finance. What first springs to mind
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Simon Tribelhorn: Sustainability Matters
The Principality of Liechtenstein and its financial centre take a holistic approach to sustainability, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. “Climate change” is a term on everyone’s lips, and a fourth summer of record heat in a relatively new
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UNOPS: Quality Infrastructure is Central to Sustainable Development
By Grete Faremo Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS As human beings, we go through our lives using infrastructure without really thinking about it. From roads to electricity, water and waste management to telecommunications, the quality of our life depends
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