Since the independence of five Central Asian countries, the international society has expanded their involvement in this region through provision of ODA.
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Current Situation of Development in Central Asian Countries
In the last 24 years since the collapse of USSR, five Central Asian countries have been transformed. Each has transitioned from communism and planned economy…
Prospects of Japan’s Assistance for Central Asia – In the Aftermath of Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Central Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited five Central Asian countries in October 2015.
Seeds for Africa’s Green Revolution: Can India Help?
Over the last year or so we have been doing some work exploring how the Indian seed sector might contribute to African agriculture, boosting productivity and assisting in particular smaller, poorer farmers.
How can Poor People be Brought into Formalised Economies?
Research Director of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre Professor Kunal Sen has published a new book: Out of the Shadows?
What can the Philippines do to Accelerate Nutrition Improvement?
The Philippine launch of the GNR, brilliantly organized by the Government of the Philippines and UNICEF, was timely.
Food or Agriculture
In December 2015, World Trade Organization (WTO) attracted attentions again.
At What Point will We do Something about Inequality?
Oxfam’s annual inequality report finds that extreme polarisation – the ownership of global assets by a tiny minority of the world’s population – has increased.
Confronting Child Poverty – Children Speak in a New Report
Save the Children is pleased to announce the launch of Child Poverty Report on January 19. Our new report looks at the situation of children living in poverty in countries around the world…
A Climate Potluck in Paris
“We have an agreement”. Those redeeming words from French foreign minister Laurent Fabius in the evening of Saturday the 12th of December unleashed a wave of standing ovations from high level UN staff…