Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Today, 27 of the 35 countries most affected by climate change are experiencing extreme food insecurity, with potentially additional 8 to 80 million people facing hunger by 2050. Climate change induced disasters substantively increased in frequency, severity...
Thursday, October 21, 2021
In view of the COVID-19 situation, the 9th Global Affordable Housing Conference will be postponed to 2021.
The biennial Global Affordable Housing Conference, hosted by the World Bank Group, is the foremost global event for affordable housing. As a well-...
Location:
America, United States
Thursday, February 11, 2021
This Sussex Development Lecture will explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on interstate rural-urban migrants in India. Drawing on key findings from empirical research conducted over a number of years, the speakers will unpack the different elements...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 to Friday, December 18, 2020
Pacific island countries are facing an infrastructure and housing emergency due to massive deficits, high urbanization, and increasing populations. Many communities also lack systems and knowhow to properly maintain infrastructure and homes. Climate change...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The right to housing is a fundamental human right. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pre-existing and long-standing housing inequality crisis in cities. Approximately 1.8 billion people live in precarious housing conditions. Overcrowded...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The Forum will be mainly virtual and divided into several sessions. Wednesday 28th October will be dedicated to 4 different thematic webinars.
These 4 webinars will be organised around the following topic: “The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on people in...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
The Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries (Program) has been operational since 2014 with support by the Government of Japan. Its main goal is to mainstream disaster risk management (DRM) into national...
Monday, September 09, 2019
The 6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to people, markets, and cities. In particular, the conference will focus on effective land,...
Location:
America, United States
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 to Friday, March 22, 2019
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019.
Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs...
Location:
America, United States
Monday, November 26, 2018
Increased rural-urban linkages present both challenges and opportunities for urban and rural areas alike. Achieving food security and nutrition across the rural-urban continuum involves a series of complex and interlinked factors touching on issues such as...
