Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Dr. Maurizio Farhan-Ferrari – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/LPFN) GLOBAL: Two peer-reviewed studies published recently by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Bank show that strict conservation is less effective in reducing deforestation than community forests that are managed and controlled by indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities within multiple use systems. This [...]
Jayati Ghosh - WNN MDG Stories (WNN) ASIA: We know that economic growth and human development do not always go hand in hand, as evidenced by the very different position of countries in per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rankings compared with human development rankings. But the link between health conditions and economic growth is usually [...]
WNN MDG Stories (WNN) Global: As the global economy begins to be reshaped by the new emerging powers, so too is the aid industry. IRIN news looks at the rise of the Bric countries, with South Korea joining counterparts Brazil, Russia, India and China as the new donors. Brazil Brazil gave $35.6m in humanitarian aid [...]
Katie Nguyen – WNN MDG Stories A girl carries a basket of cocoa pods on her head during a harvest in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province on August 24, 2010. Yusuf Ahmad/REUTERS (WNN) LONDON: What would happen if women farmers were given the same opportunities as men? Their agricultural yields could grow by 20 percent to [...]
Juhie Bhatia – Women News Network – WNN MDG Stories As global food prices continue to remain high, with potential increases on the horizon because of soaring oil prices and supply concerns, experts says there is one often-overlooked solution for fighting hunger: women Gender gap Women are vital to food production in many developing countries, [...]
