A Post MDG World – Why we need a more holistic approach to development
There is more to life than money and by now it is well established that gross domestic product (GDP) is an inadequate measure of...
East African Countries Unlikely to Achieve MDG on Education, But Progress is Steady
By PETER IRUNGU
A recently published UNSCO report shows that all 5 countries of the East African Community (EAC)- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,Tanzania and Uganda, failed to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on access to Universal Primary Education and Education for All targets.
3 billion people in the world today can’t afford a healthy diet: UN Hunger...
The latest estimates are that a staggering 3 billion people or more cannot afford a healthy diet. In sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, this is the case for 57 percent of the population – though no region, including North America and Europe, is spared.
