In the news: U.N. halts aid to Myanmar
The U.N. announced it was suspending relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the Government seized the food and aid material that had been flown into the country. Find reports from the New York...
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First comprehensive picture and analysis of the impact of Cyclone Nargis in...
The Government of Myanmar, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations have released the first comprehensive report covering the impact of Cyclone Nargis on the people in...
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Reducing risk from natural disasters takes partnerships, teamwork
Image credit: simonpocock at Flickr under a Creative Commons license. If you want to know what movies are being shown on flights across the Pacific, ask me or my World Bank colleagues in the East Asia...
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From space and on the ground, better air quality observed in Beijing
A few days before the 2008 Olympic Games began last August, China blogger David Dollar noticed that Beijing's efforts to clean up its air seemed to be paying off.
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As prices fall internationally, developing countries still face high food costs
A little more than a month ago, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) introduced a database tool and a press release highlighting a rather disconcerting trend. As the global economic crisis...
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Indonesia: Bio-gas project keeps pig farm waste from going to waste
Pig farmers in Nias pull a 'waste disappearing act' by converting manure into useable energy. At one of my trips to Nias, Indonesia, I discovered that a pig pen can actually be so clean without any...
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New tools, data and initiatives coming out of the UNISDR Global Platform for...
I spent last week at the 2009 UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva.
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Timor-Leste: Reflections on the 10th anniversary of independence
Ten years after Timor-Leste became an independent state, new schools are built every week and more students are going to school than ever before.
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Faith in conservation: Representatives of multiple religions commit to...
Prince Philip and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discuss the Buddhist 8-Year Plan at an event dedicated to faith and conservation. (Photo courtesy of ARC/Richard Stonehouse)
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