Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
More than 2.8 million people will face hunger in the coming months in the worst food crisis in a decade in Malawi, where a staggering four out of every 10 children suffer from stunting, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. “People in some affected districts have already …
More lives are saved and casualties rescued by local people than outsiders in disasters around the world, a new report says. The 2015 World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) found there is an increasing need to balance the relationship between international …
As world leaders prepare to formally adopt a roadmap to a fairer and safer world, there is growing concern that the drive to end extreme poverty and inequality will fail without major changes to the way aid is delivered and a massive push to improve the data used to measure …
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced detailed distribution of its fresh 500-million-euro aid package which aims to support struggling farmers who are suffering from the low prices of milk and pork. The announcement came out of a new round of meeting among the continent's 28 agricultural ministers in Luxembourg, …
EU agriculture ministers have announced a €500m (£365m) aid package after thousands of farmers protested on the streets of Brussels. The mainly Belgian, French and German farmers were protesting against plummeting prices for their produce. They blocked streets with tractors near the EU headquarters, where agriculture ministers were meeting. The …
Monrovia — Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh on behalf of the Liberian Government has signed a grant agreement for twenty five million United States Dollars with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the construction of municipal water system in the cities of Robertsport, Voinjama and …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a 3- million-U.S. dollar aid for Myanmar's flood relief efforts, an official report said Thursday. The grant will be issued from ADB's Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund, which was established to meet priority need and restore live-saving services to communities affected by natural …
Japan is considering extending around ¥1 trillion in official development assistance to Africa over three years from 2016, a Japanese government source said Thursday. The government would announce the financial aid toward the next round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the source said. Japan and African …
The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) stands out among development efforts in Africa. Since its launch in 2004, it has attracted generous donations and high-wattage supporters — including Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie and United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon — for its work on alleviating poverty in rural Africa. The programme has …
Khartoum - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Hassan Abdul Gadir Hilal announced that his country got $ 20 million from the World Bank, as part of the bank support to the great green wall and support of the environment, and that Sudan received $ 3.8 million as first payment. …
EU bosses are pushing to resolve a clash between industry and environmental policy with a new strategy to phase out funding to export coal technology to developing nations, ahead of a meeting of leading economic powers on the issue. The European Commission, the EU executive, urges tougher rules on when …
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, centre, arrives for the opening of The Third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa Rich and poor countries have agreed to overhaul global finance for international development and unlock money to end global poverty. The United Nations announced the deal on …
The slow global response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa suggests that important gaps exist in donor financing for key global functions, such as support for health research and development for diseases of poverty and strengthening of outbreak preparedness. In this Health Policy, we use the International Development Statistics …
The European Union on Monday approved 1.15 billion euros (£813.78 million) in aid for West Africa through to 2020, nearly doubling its previous commitment to a region that is a major source of migrants seeking to enter Europe. West Africa is home to some of the world's poorest and historically …
Arusha — UNITED States government, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged over 30 million US dollars (about 70bn/-) in the next five years to boost wildlife and environment conservation efforts in Tanzania. To start with, the US Envoy to Tanzania, Ambassador Mark Childress launched the first …
India pledged $1 billion for earthquake reconstruction in Nepal on Thursday, with a quarter of the amount in the form of grants, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told a donor conference also attended by China. Swaraj said the $1 billion was over and above India's existing aid pledges to Nepal. "This …
KATHMANDU: The Unites States has said it will invest at least $77.47 million (approximately Rs 8 billion) as development grant in Nepal for the year 2015. According to the latest data shared by the US Embassy in Kathmandu, at least $15.45 million has already been extended while remaining $59.77 million …
The number of people facing food shortages is projected to hit 4.6 million by July At least 40% of South Sudan’s population will face severe food shortage over the next couple of months as the latest escalation in a bloody civil war disrupts farming and aid deliveries, a top aid …
The world's rich donor nations must increase their overseas aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding for the poorest countries in order to meet a global goal of ending poverty by 2030, an advocacy group said on Tuesday. Yet governments of the least-developed countries must also contribute by …
Oxfam warns looming budget cuts will hinder the ability of aid agencies to prepare and respond to natural disasters in developing countries. The federal government has slashed Australia's aid budget by a total of $11.3 billion over several years, including an unprecedented $1 billion hit in the next financial year. …
