African countries are struggling to halve their population living in extreme poverty, a progress report on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows. The report released by the World Bank states that ...

A progress report on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows that two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting key targets for tackling poverty and hunger. "Among developing ...

Jacques Diouf is the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). He was Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations, Secretary-General of the ...

I like to take this first public opportunity to express my deep gratitude to the Secretary-General for his confidence in me and I hope to be able to fulfil that trust. Although green and fertile, ...

Today’s announcement by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that aid to developing countries has fallen by nearly 3 percent ...

Millions of people's lives have improved due to concerted global, regional, national and local efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which serve as the foundation for the next ...