Visiting the southeastern city of Hangzhou in China, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the leaders of that country and the United States for formally joining the Paris Agreeme...
On a visit to northern Jordan today, the top United Nations humanitarian official saw first-hand the conditions that more than 70,000 Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, are having to stay in ...
Together with its partners, the United Nations health agency has vaccinated more than 7.7 million people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in less than two weeks.
También disponible en: Inglés La comunidad mundial relacionada con el agua se reúne en Estocolmo con ocasión de la Semana Mundial del Agua 2016. (i) El tema de este año, “Water for Sustainable ...
LAHORE, Pakistan, 2 September 2016 – Razia, 28, is a mother of three. Her youngest child, Sarmad is 9 months old and has not been vaccinated against polio. Living in an urban slum near Lahore, Pakis...
How a small group of fishermen and consumers are creating an alternative marketplace for locally caught fish.Antonis is a low impact fisherman from Lesvos. He has been fishing since he was a child. In...
So far this year, the pace of drownings has only increased, setting 2016 on track to become the deadliest on record for those attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
The Amazon is being burned. Here’s what you need to know.From July to November, it is fire season in the Amazon rainforest. But while fires can be a normal part of the life cycle in forests, most of...
The results of the Korean Transparency in Corporate Reporting survey shows that the biggest 50 companies in Korea still need to disclose a lot more information on a voluntary basis if they want to sho...
During visit to Ankara, Filippo Grandi says he will continue to advocate for more international backing, including increased funding and refugee resettlement.
If you gave a box with 400 LEGO pieces to a group of children, you’d get back some amazing creations. When the Gates Foundation, the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) la...
It’s true, “Italians do their best in moments of emergency.” Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said it after the earthquake that devastated central Italy on 24 August. Italy’s President ec...
GWOZA/KONDUGA, Borno, Nigeria, 29 August 2016 – The Mandara mountains appear ominously on the horizon through the cockpit window. Clouds hang over the ridge that cuts across Nigeria’s north-east b...
También disponible en: Inglés Hackatón en una incubadora de Tanzanía y un espacio de trabajo colaborativo en el Centro Buni. Fuente: www.disrupt-africa.com. (i) Con ocasión de la publicación de ...
Last Friday, US President Obama announced the creation of the world’s largest ocean sanctuary, and today governments from all over the world are meeting at the United Nations in New York to develop...
Ashely Danielson grew up homeless. Now, she's attending community college and hopes to be a teacher.
During a visit to Uganda, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called for action to end the violence in South Sudan that has sent thousands fleeing.
CHHUKHA, Bhutan, 28 August 2016 – As we veer off the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway and ascend the rough road towards Pagar in Chhukha district, dark red chilies drying out in the fields provide a gl...
Cuatro niños y sus padres están alrededor de una bandeja de metal redonda. En ella, hay platos llenos de fideos instantáneos, humus, lebne [yogur colado], aceitunas y berenjenas en escabeche. Miro ...
The recent moves by the Panamanian government to clean up its image in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal may eventually lead to a more transparency and accountable financial sector. But only i...
Pre-K is high-quality education, not just a place to put your kids. Teaching pre-K is hard work--these are the people who are molding and shaping your kid, and everything they do matters. Because of o...
European Commission - Statement Brussels, 1 August 2016 We have signed today an agreement on €50 million support from the EU's "African Peace Facility" to the Lake Chad Basin Commission Multi-Nation...
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 22 July 2016 The first report based on the new "EU International Cooperation and Development Results Framework" provides a selection of results achieved i...
European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 22 July 2016 EU International Cooperation and Development Results Report: Questions and Answers What is in the report? The report draws on the results of the...
En 2015, Canadá y el BID reflejan años de colaboración
En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.
La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.