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- Grenada
  
  People
  
  Population 0.11 mln
  
  Life expectancy 69 years
  
  Net migration -130
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $0.6 bln
  
  - per capita $5,724
  
  - growth rate 3%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.14 bln
  
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  Cellphone users 44%
  
  Internet users 22%
  
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United Nations model double taxation convention between developed and developing countries

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The United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries (the United Nations Model Convention) forms part of the continuing international efforts aimed at eliminating double taxation. These Models, particularly the United Nations Model Convention and the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital (the OECD Model Convention) have had a profound influence on international treaty practice, and have significant common provisions. The similarities more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012

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Following two years of anaemic and uneven recovery from the global financial crisis, the world economy is teetering on the brink of another major downturn. Output growth has already slowed considerably during 2011, especially in the developed countries. the global crisis and the recent financial turmoil have highlighted the need for very large liquidity buffers to deal with sudden, large capital market shocks. Many developing countries have continued to accumulate vast amounts of reserves($1.1 more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 20, 2012

Sixteen million adolescent girls become mothers every year

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According to the Report of the Secretary-General on Adolescents and Youth, produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), there are 1.6 billion adolescents and youth aged 12-24 in 2012. The report addresses the demographic trends in the adolescent and youth population and selected aspects of the transition to adulthood that are critical to policy and programme planning for development. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need to provide reproductive health care for more...

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D C on May 02, 2012

UN celebrates legacy of jazz as a force of social transformation

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The United Nations on 27 April, 2012 kicked off celebrations for the first annual International Jazz Day with a concert in Paris, which will be followed by another in New Orleans on Saturday, and another at UN Headquarters in New York. The International Jazz Day, which falls on 30 April, seeks to spotlight the historic influence the jazz music genre has had in connecting people and igniting social change.“Jazz makes the most of the world’s diversity, effortlessly crossing borders and bringing more...

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D C on April 30, 2012

Advancing the global development agenda post-2015: some practical suggestions

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In this paper, Jan Vandemoortele, co-architect of the MDGs, offers some practical suggestions for the formulation of the successor arrangement to the MDGs.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 15, 2012

Is the Distribution of Foreign Aid MDG-Sensitive?

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This paper examines whether Official Development Assistance (ODA) is disproportionately allocated to countries that need to make the most progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is expected that MDG-sensitive distribution of foreign aid – or a good donor-recipient match – to be guided by the principles of the Global Partnership for Development. When the MDG-sensitivity criteria for aid allocation is applied, the results indicate that ODA allocation since the Millennium more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 05, 2012

World Youth Report 2010: Youth and Climate Change

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The World Youth Report focus on youth and climate change, and is intended to highlight the important role young people play in addressing climate change, and to offer suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individuals and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The Report is designated to assist youth and youth organizations in educating themselves and to become more actively involved in combating the threat of more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 02, 2011

UNICEF warns on high rates of malnutrition among children in Yemen

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that half a million children in Yemen could die or suffer physical and mental damage as a result of malnutrition, unless sufficient resources are made available to alleviate the effects of conflict, chronic poverty and drought.“Malnutrition is preventable… therefore, inaction is unconscionable,” Maria Calivis, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement yesterday after a two-day visit to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 26, 2012

United Nations Peace Operations Year in Review 2011

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In 2011, over two dozen United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions worked to provide security and stability, facilitate political processes, protect civilians, help refugees return, support elections, demobilize and reintegrate former combatants, and promote human rights and the rule of law.The UN was called upon to take on tasks as varied as providing logistical support to the January referendum in Sudan and consequentially closing the UN Mission there, setting up and deploying more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 28, 2012

Child Protection in UN's Peacekeeping

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This volume is the first in a series illustrating the challenges and successes of protecting children in some of the most dangerous places on earth. In the following pages you will learn about the work of peacekeepers and child protection advisers who rely on their diverse individual experience at home and in the field to introduce the relatively new concept of child protection to missions in distinct conflict and post-conflict situations. This document explores the development of child more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 27, 2012

South Sudan: UN launches major aid effort after clashes in troubled region

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A massive humanitarian operation to bring succour to people affected by inter-ethnic violence in South Sudan’s state of Jonglei is under way with United Nations having carried out relief needs assessments in most of the affected areas over the past 72 hours, a UN official said .Assessments have been carried in Pibor, Likuangole, Boma and Walgak, according to Elisabeth Byrs, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), who told reporters in Geneva more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 09, 2012

The New Horizon Initiative: Progress Report 1

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On 17 July 2009, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS) released a document entitled A New Partnership Agenda: Charting a New Horizon for United Nations Peacekeeping. Just over one year later, a foundation has been laid for ongoing efforts to bolster the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping and to reinforce the partnership among its many supporters. This paper summarizes the key outcomes of the past year (2009-2010) and highlights the ongoing more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 14, 2012

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011

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The publication predicts weaker global growth in 2011 and 2012 as the recovery has lost momentum since the middle of 2010. World gross product is forecast to expand by 3.1 per cent in 2011 and 3.5 per cent in 2012, following estimated growth of 3.6 per cent in 2010. The report emphasizes that the outlook remains uncertain, surrounded by serious downside risks. It further indicates that, in the short run, more fiscal stimulus will be needed to reinvigorate the global recovery, but that it will more...

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Moushumi Biswas on February 01, 2011

Yemen faces critical period to cement political settlement – UN envoy

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The next few weeks will be critical as Yemen seeks to address its political, security and humanitarian challenges, a United Nations envoy stressed , adding that the support of the international community will be vital to the transition process.“Now is not the time for complacency,” Jamal Benomar, the Secretary General’s Special Adviser for Yemen, told reporters in New York after briefing the Security Council behind closed doors.Warring factions in Yemen signed an agreement last month on a more...

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Moushumi Biswas on December 22, 2011

Resilient people, resilient planet: a future worth choosing

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The long-term vision of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability is to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and make growth inclusive, and production and consumption more sustainable, while combating climate change and respecting a range of other planetary boundaries. This report makes a range of recommendations to take forward the Panel’s vision for a sustainable planet, a just society and a growing economy by concentrating on empowerment, strengthening institutional governance and more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 22, 2012

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