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NEW DELHI: The continuous rise in the level of inflation, especially affecting the prices of essential commodities, has unnerved the ruling party leadership, and the Government has been urged to take priority measures to bring the prices down before the beginning of the new financial year. Earlier, the Finance Ministry had the feeling that the inflation will start easing by the middle of March but things have worsened further leading the Reserve Bank of India to revise upward the repo rates last week.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Experts on public-private partnerships (PPP) have agreed that more PPPs will be needed to meet demand for infrastructure finance estimated at $300 billion a year in Asia, and $93 billion in sub-Saharan Africa.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Top officials from four Mongolian banks has signed key trade finance agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that will help companies in Mongolia to conduct more international trade.

New York: The United Nations has launched the first common system of calculating the amount of greenhouse gases produced in a given city and by specific sector or time, allowing cities to compare their performances and analyse differences.

New York: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to support the work of national human rights institutions and their efforts to ensure that international human rights laws are incorporated into domestic legislation, the agency's head has said.

New York: Investment reforms and international cooperation are among the ingredients necessary to procure the finances needed to push ahead with development in poorer countries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.

While the recession has been severe, Switzerland has weathered the global downturn relatively well. In spite of its openness and large financial sector, Switzerland has been less affected by the crisis and the decline in world trade than most of its neighbors. Supportive policies, strong balance sheets, the lack of a boom-bust real estate and credit cycle, and a muted reaction of employment to growth, have enabled domestic demand to cushion the extent of the downturn.

New York: Women farmers are often the chief executives of their rural areas and supporting their economic development is crucial for economic growth and poverty reduction, a senior United Nations official has said ahead of an international conference on women's empowerment.

New York: Afghans overtook Iraqis as the nationality with the largest number of asylum applicants in 2009, according to a report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

New York: The United Nations will select two international experts to serve in Afghanistan's election complaints commission ahead of legislative polls scheduled in September, the newly-appointed head of the UN mission in the country has said.