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    Josia Shigwedha

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    Josia Shigwedha

UN DESA

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United Nations World Data Forum 2024 To Renew Global Action Plan on Sustainable Development Data

  Opening Press Briefing Tuesday, 12 November WHAT: Curtain-raiser press briefing in conjunction with the opening of the UN World Data Forum 2024. The Forum will be hosted by the government of Colombia with support from the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE-Colombia), the statistical office, the city of Medellín (Alcaldía de Medellín), and the Statistics Division in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). More […]

today12 November, 2024

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UN Economists warn of “resource curse” in net-zero transition

Economists at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs warn that people in mineral-rich countries crucial for the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy may suffer from a new "resource curse," where wealth fails to alleviate poverty. The findings were part of the department's latest economic prediction released on 16 May 2024. Hamid Rashid, the lead economist at DESA. According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of […]

today20 May, 2024