Tag: UN
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A world in debt: Reforming the multilateral financial architecture
According to data from UN Trade and Development, 3.3 billion people today live in countries where debt interest payments exceed spending on health and education. What can the multilateral system do to address the global debt crisis and ensure equitable access to finance? How can we reform the international financial architecture to ensure that developing…
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UN Praises Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development
United Nations officials are highlighting the role cooperative enterprises can play in economic development, social justice and environmental protection. In his message for International Day of Cooperatives, marked annually on 5 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this year’s Day falls at a “critical time” with the UN working to reach the 2015 deadline for the…
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