Achieving the 17 newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, which includes ending extreme poverty, will cost an additional $1.4 trillion per…
Fewer mothers die from childbirth today than did 25 years ago. But the number is not nearly as low as…
While South African government officials crow about their success in meeting the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to primary…
The United Nations championed the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for lifting more than 1 billion people out…
Despite massive gains in improving child well-being and reducing deaths over the past 20 years, there are millions still left…
More aid money needs to go to the 37 least-developed countries (LDCs) to achieve the goal of ending extreme poverty,…
The draft document for the goals that will set the global development agenda for the next 15 years came out…
Advocates and leaders from around the world are at the United Nations in New York City to press for equal…
Going to school is becoming an increasingly dangerous proposition for girls around the world. Schools in at least 70 countries experienced…
Every minute 255 children are born. The chances of survival for these children varies greatly depending on where in the…