UN Throws Spotlight on Least Developed Nations
With their low-carbon profiles, rich natural assets and promising policy initiatives, the world's 48 least developed countries are fertile areas for the growth of a green economy, according to a report released at the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries in Istanbul.
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Africa:
Africa Must Aim for a Green Economy
OSISA, 19 June 2012
Rio+20 is taking place against a backdrop of global environmental, economic and development crises. These events, exemplified by recent financial and banking failures, are linked… Read more »
Cotton farmers in Burkina Faso.
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Africa:
Job Creation - UN Unveils Initiative for the Poor
This Day, 12 May 2011
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched an initiative to boost job creation through involving low-income people in Africa in business development programmes as… Read more »
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Africa:
World's Least Developed Countries Fertile Ground for Green Economy
UN, 11 May 2011
With their low-carbon profiles, rich natural assets, and promising policy initiatives, the world's 48 least developed countries are fertile areas for the growth of a green economy,… Read more »
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Africa:
Boosting Continent's Standard of Living Through Regional Investments
UN, 12 May 2011
A new report recommending ways to boost Africa’s standard of living was released Tuesday at the Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more »
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Africa:
Background on UN Conferences on Least Developed Countries
UN, 12 May 2011
In its resolution 63/227 of 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV). It further… Read more »
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Africa:
UN to Develop Low-Income Earners
Daily Trust, 11 May 2011
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new initiative to boost job creation through pro-poor business development that engages low-income people in Africa… Read more »
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Africa:
Ban Urges Poor Nations' Leaders to Create Conditions for Economic Development
UN, 9 May 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday encouraged leaders of the world's poorest countries meeting in Turkey to agree on a common position and send a strong political message to… Read more »
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Africa:
Half of World's Poorest Countries Can Escape Poverty by 2020 -UN
UN, 29 March 2011
Half the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs) can "graduate" out of their impoverished status within 10 years if they benefit from better targeted development aid, duty- and… Read more »
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