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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world’s biggest economies to heed the voices of global public protest at their G-20 summit next week and show the bold leadership needed to resolve the global economic crisis and achieve sustainable development.

New York: The political nature of elections means that United Nations assistance must involve more than just technical advice and include mediation and the use of good offices, given the potential for violence to accompany many polls worldwide, a top UN official said today.

Lima – The World Bank Group (WBG) offered three billion dollars to President Ollanta Humala’s administration in Peru to support plans to expand social inclusion under the framework of a sustained economic development.

NEW YORK – In many respects, the gender gap in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been closed. Today, women in the region outnumber men in schools and universities. Since 1980, nearly 70 million women have joined the labor market ensuring that more women now work outside the home than not and that the percentage of single working women is as high as that of single men.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$18 million loan for the Additional Financing of the Irrigation Rehabilitation Emergency Project (IREP) for Armenia. The scale up and restructuring of this project will improve water use efficiency in the selected irrigation schemes, as well as foster immediate rural employment in seven regions of Armenia.

WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board of Directors approved the US$260 million Second Programmatic and Reform Implementation Policy Development Loan (DPL) today, which supports the Uruguayan Government’s reform program in order to consolidate growth with social equity, providing a line of financing to address the impact of the current uncertainty in global economic affairs.

New York: While important progress has been made in the peace process in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, more needs to be done to bring on board rebel groups who are still fighting the Government, the United Nations peacekeeping chief warned today.

New York: With the world facing new challenges, from food and energy crises to global recession to climate change, achieving sustainable development is more complex than ever, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser warned today, calling for concrete actions and timelines.

New York: The General Assembly today renewed its call, for the 20th consecutive year, for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba for the past half century.

What does the future hold for Africa in 50 years’ time? The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) have been looking far into the future to explore what the continent will be like in 2060.