How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three gu...
Craig Calhoun, incoming Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and President of the Social Science...
Craig Calhoun, incoming Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), was at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) on March 28 to talk about international responses to humanitarian emergencies. He will argue that while humanitarian responses have grown dramatically more prominent since the 1970s, this era of distinctive
Meet the Phiri Family, World Renew's representative family in Zambia. World Renew's Free a Family® program helps...
Meet the Phiri Family, World Renew's representative family in Zambia. World Renew's Free a Family® program helps families overcome poverty through community ...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/climate-change-earth-s-giant-game-of-tetris-joss-fong There's a game of...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/climate-change-earth-s-giant-game-of-tetris-joss-fong There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The p...
As part of our World Oceans Day celebration in June, the Aquarium's outreach team worked with local artist, Kasey...
As part of our World Oceans Day celebration in June, the Aquarium's outreach team worked with local artist, Kasey Jones, to create a sculpture of Calypso out...
In his talk, Prof. Patrick Walsh discusses the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda as an agenda of the people,...
In his talk, Prof. Patrick Walsh discusses the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda as an agenda of the people, with the responsibility for implementation by the people, using their influence on Livelihoods, Civil Society, and Governance, to induce successful stakeholder partnership at local, national, regional and global levels. Patrick Paul Walsh is a Professor of International Development Studies in UCD, Ireland. He was a Senior Adviser to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York during its input to the post 2015 Development Agenda, formally mandated by the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon. He also represented the UN Major Group for Science and Technology during the Inter-Governmental Negotiations that produced the UN 2030 Agenda Outcome Document in September 2015.
2 billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day. But how can we fight global poverty? Through fair trade!...
2 billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day. But how can we fight global poverty? Through fair trade! The moment we sip our coffee in the mornin...
