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While migration issues draw political fire in Europe and beyond, the greater development benefit of the approximate half trillion US dollars that migrants send home each year to poor families and nations can’t be underestimated, according to Adolfo Brizzi, Director at the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The Philippines has made impressive progress in reforming the agricultural sector, but more can be done to ensure that farm policy helps further reduce poverty and ensure greater food security, according to a new OECD report.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation announced the launch of the new UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) on 6 April.

Following recent attacks on civilians and aid workers in South Sudan, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country called on the Government and the opposition to protect civilians and ensure the safety and security of humanitarians on Apr 08.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 7 April urged restraint to avoid any escalation of the situation in Syria, after the United States responded militarily to an alleged chemical weapons attack earlier this week.

Four agencies from the United Nations Network for Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) congratulated Uganda on Apr 07 for reducing the rate of stunting among its young children from 33 percent in 2011 to 29 percent in 2016.

On 13 February 2017, first-grade students in eastern Ukraine, including 6-year-old Sasha (in red sweater), participate in a drill to practice their response to a shelling.

Secretary-General António Guterres.

Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Camp.