United Nations

  • May 18, 2012
  • 6 min read

FAO guidelines could reduce global land tenure risks

The Committee on World Food Security (CFA), organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

International
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Yemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...

Yemen
  • Apr 19, 2012
  • 10 min read

Intervention thrives as development economics fades

Development economics flourished in the post-war period as a sub-discipline of economics whose...

International
  • Apr 17, 2012
  • 6 min read

Global FDI trends indicate long-term confidence

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows rose by 16.5% last year, to 1.66 trillion...

International
  • Apr 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Austerity hinders development of EU battle groups

EU battle groups reached official operational capacity in 2005. While hailed as a significant...

EU
  • Mar 12, 2012
  • 6 min read

Global cereal prices set to rise further

Global cereal prices rose by 2% last month from January, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

International
  • Mar 8, 2012
  • 6 min read

Global youth unemployment evades policy tools

Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, youth unemployment levels have remained...

International
  • Feb 15, 2012
  • 6 min read

External intervention could accelerate Syria conflict

France proposed today that the UN Security Council consider establishing humanitarian corridors...

Syria