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What the Panama Papers Mean for Global DevelopmentUNITED NATIONS

What the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development

The financial secrecy and tax evasion revealed by the Panama Papers has an extraordinary human cost in developing countries and threatens the realisation of the UN’s ambitious Sustainable Development Goals.

Tharanga Yakupitiyage | Globalisation | Global

Conserving the Hilsa

Conserving the Hilsa

Bangladesh has decided to set up a Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF) to protect this fish from over-exploitation due to population growth and effects of climate change.

Rafiqul Islam | Asia-Pacific
Plan for Poorer Countries to Fund HIV Response Raises Concerns    

Plan for Poorer Countries to Fund HIV Response Raises Concerns    

Calls for low and middle income countries to contribute an additional 6.1 billion dollars to the global HIV response by 2020 could see some vulnerable groups left behind, said HIV activists meeting at the United Nations last week.

Lyndal Rowlands | Health | Africa

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The Panama Papers: A Global Report Card

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What the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development

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