Global efforts to reduce hunger and halt deforestation are falling short of international targets, with new reports documenting worsening food insecurity in dozens of countries and continued destruction of millions of hectares
Imagine you are a low-income country. You suffer from a heavy debt burden. You’ve been trying to catch up to the more affluent countries for decades, but you’ve been unsuccessful, mainly because
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Philippa Stroud, the Conservative peer and founder of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, is rallying against the growing pessimism that has gripped the West. In an exclusive interview with The Times UK,
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Sri Lanka stands on the brink of a crucial presidential election scheduled for September 21, 2024, as the country continues to grapple with the aftermath of a severe economic crisis. The situation
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When history repeats itself, the first time is a tragedy; the next is a farce. If we fail to learn from past financial crises, we risk making avoidable errors, often with irreversible,
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One of the foremost accomplishments of the industrial age is the “immense progress against extreme poverty.” “Extreme poverty” is defined by the World Bank as a person living on less than $2.15 per day
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Read Part Three of this series 4.1 Turning point. Since independence, our development policies have been inconsistent. Policymakers who occasionally take the reins of governance think they are smarter than their predecessors;
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Click here to read the part two of this series 2.1 Rural Development Initiatives Undertaken Parallel to industrialization and economic growth, urbanization is a global trend. In contrast, Sri Lanka remains a
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The figures published by the latest Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023 are cause for great concern. The document is clear: hunger continues to significantly affect Latin America and the
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