There will be no fair world, no abolition of extreme poverty, as long as the calculus of corruption undermines education, health, trade and the environment. Dramatic reduction of corruption levels is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kojo Quartey, president Monroe County Community College You have heard me say it on more than one occasion that the world’s ...

It gives me great pleasure to chair the opening session of this important workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to welcome all participants, particularly those ...

On September 23, 2013, the Secretary-General hosted a high-level forum to catalyze and accelerate further action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and enrich the deliberations of the ...

It is now well-established that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and that the burden of CVD is greatest in low-income and middle-income countries. According to the ...

Access to clean water remains a huge problem in Zimbabwe and many other African countries. EFE-EPA/Aaron Ufumeli In some respects the hype is justified. The goals cover a much wider range of ...