The United Nations highlights a massive $4 trillion annual gap in funding the Sustainable Development Goals, raising concerns about meeting the 2030 deadline. FFD Week 2026 will test whether global commitments like the Sevilla Commitment can turn into real financial action. Each year, the United Nations releases a figure that is hard to comprehend. The…
OceanaGold’s record P569 million social investment in the Philippines links mining profits to community development through a structured CSR model. It raises a key question: can such participatory investments create lasting impact beyond the life of the mine? There have been reports from the gold-copper mines in the mountainous areas of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the Asia-Pacific Women Judges Network (APWJN) to strengthen women’s leadership in the judiciary and promote gender equality in justice systems. The initiative will support women judges through collaboration, training, and data sharing, helping address structural barriers and gender bias in courts across…
While governments are struggling with high public expenditures, and urgent climate and development priorities, advanced economies began utilizing capital markets, instead of just aid budgets, to finance Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) priorities. Tools like sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), green bonds, and carbon prices have become common methods to direct private capital toward public goods. From Niche…
As the world converges on Doha between 4 and 6 November 2025 for the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2), the atmosphere will be one of guarded hope. Three decades have passed since leaders first congregated in Copenhagen in 1995 and promised to make social justice, employment, and inclusion the pillars of development. The…
ODOP | Photo Credit: commerce.gov.in Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 09, 2025 03:45 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik In the dusty lanes of Bastar, a Dokra artisan carefully shapes molten metal into intricate tribal figurines as it’s an art form his ancestors have practiced for centuries for survival and to keep the art form…
