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Water for Development: World Water Week 2015
14 August 2015
GLOBALLY each day almost 1000 children under 5 die from diarrhoea caused by contaminated water. More than 2.4 billion people – a third of all humanity – have no access to sanitation. And as populations grow, water is set to become a new source of danger, of conflict, given the rapid u...
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World Day vs. Trafficking in Persons, 30 July
27 July 2015
What is the difference between trafficking and smuggling? Can technology help turn the tables? How strong are legal protections worldwide? Just a few of the questions put to migration expert Dr. Melissa Siegel ahead of World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July. What is the dif...
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Migrants Arriving in Athens: No Reception & No Place to Go
15 July 2015
Greece has received unprecedented migrant arrivals over the past few years, being at the frontline of entry into the European Union. The EU’s Frontex agency has just released new figures showing that the Turkey-Greece border has again become the primary mode of entry into the EU...
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World Youth Skills Day: Becoming the Tools for Change
14 July 2015
How can young people help themselves, both practically and professionally? How can developing countries cut youth unemployment and realise their full potential? How can the United Nations University make a difference? We asked Ibrahima Kaba, a PhD fellow from Guinea in West Africa, an...
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Migrant Integration: How Policies Shape Everyday Lives
13 July 2015
How do different countries deal with migrant integration? Do policies give immigrants the chance to survive or even excel? Or do policies act as barriers to integration? Just a few of the questions tackled by Dr. Özge Bilgili in the Migrant Integration Policy Index 2015. With the incr...
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Greece & the Euro Crisis: A Warning from History
03 July 2015
How much will other Europeans lose if Greece exits the euro? Will the ‘contagion’ spread to Italy, Portugal or Spain? Is this as much of a political as an economic crisis? Ahead of this weekend’s crucial referendum, these were among the questions put to Dr. Thomas Ziesemer ̵...
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Mozambique at 40: Achievements & Challenges
25 June 2015
In 40 years of independence, Mozambique has made real progress: it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, democratic institutions have been deepened, public services have been reformed, and human development indicators have significantly improved. Yet despite these achi...
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Towards Modern Energy for All: Milan Expo 2015
23 June 2015
Around 3 billion people worldwide use traditional biomass and coal as their main sources of fuel at home, and 1.4 billion people have no access to electricity. To remedy this, the UN launched a call for universal access to modern energy in 2012, with a target year of 2030. Prof. Shyam...
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World Day Against Child Labour: How Many Have to Work?
11 June 2015
UNICEF’s latest report on the ‘State of the World’s Children’ says there are 150 million 5-to-17-year-olds caught up in the world of work. Ahead of ‘World Day Against Child Labour‘, 12 June, Dr. Sepideh Yousefzadeh looks at the essential context with a case stu...
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