World Development News

Posted April 25, 2012:

• Researchers Give Long Look at Who Benefits from Nature Tourism

Posted March 16, 2012:

• Fundamental Steps Needed Now in Global Redesign of Earth System Governance, Experts Say

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Focus on Self-Improvement, Rather Than Winning, Benefits Young Athletes
• Storm Warning: Financial Tsunami Heading This Way

Posted February 3, 2012:

• Schooling Protects Refugee Children from Disease, Danish Study Finds

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Biodiversity Crisis Is Worse Than Climate Change, Experts Say

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Food Security Road Map While Adapting to Climate Change

Posted January 4, 2012:

• The Cost of Disabilities Could Reach 77.2% of Household Income

Posted December 21, 2011:

• World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture Outlined

Posted December 4, 2011:

• Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record 10 Billion Tons, Threatening 2 Degree Target

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Children With HIV/AIDS Falling Through the Cracks of Treatment Scale-Up Efforts

Posted November 21, 2011:

• New Projection Shows Global Food Demand Doubling by 2050

Posted November 4, 2011:

• Awareness and Labeling Initiatives Can Benefit Inland Fisheries

Posted October 21, 2011:

• What Defines Life Satisfaction for Consumers Living in Poverty?

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Emerging Public Health Crisis Linked to Mortgage Default and Foreclosure

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Cyber War Might Never Happen

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Is the Secret to World Peace the Ability to Spin a Good Yarn?

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Social and Economic Cost of Hunger and Food Insecurity in US in 2010 Was $167.5 Billion

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Research and Innovation: New Modelling Results Link Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts
• New Report Reveals the Impact of Global Crises on International Development

Posted September 23, 2011:

• GM Food Solutions at Risk from Lobbyists, Experts Say

Posted September 22, 2011:

• One Million More U.S. Children Living in Poverty Since 2009, New Census Data Shows

Posted September 19, 2011:

• 'Hidden' Child Labor: New Systematic Documentation of the Extent in Africa and Asia

Posted September 16, 2011:

• International Innovation Needed for Efficient Nitrogen Management

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Restoring Forests and Planting Trees on Farms Can Greatly Improve Food Security

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Combined Approach to Tackling Poverty and Disease Achieves Better Results for the World's Poorest, Report Says

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Sustainability Scientists Suggest How Countries Can Cooperate on Climate

Posted September 8, 2011:

• Study in Tanzania Finds Fishery Improvements Outweigh Fuelwood Losses

Posted August 28, 2011:

• Friend and Foe: Nitrogen Pollution's Little-Known Environmental and Human Health Threats

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Hedge Funds Sold Stocks Quickly While Mutual Fund Investors Suffered Larger Losses During Crisis

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Poverty and National Parks: Decade-Long Study Finds Surprising Relationship
• Radical Overhaul of Farming Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Global Food Security

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Lions in Greece, the Reforestation of the West and the Use of Satire in Environmental Conservation

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Size Matters: Why Do People Eat Less When They Have Big Forks?

Posted July 12, 2011:

• Family Planning in Conflict

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Global Investments in Green Energy Up Nearly a Third to $211 Billion

Posted July 3, 2011:

• Getting Aid to Where It Is Needed

Posted June 30, 2011:

• 'Goat Plague' Threat to Global Food Security and Economy Must Be Tackled, Experts Warn

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Angry Online Commenters Can Cause Negative Perceptions of Corporations, Researchers Find

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Virtual Water Cannot Remedy Freshwater Shortage

Posted June 2, 2011:

• Study Maps Global 'Hotspots' of Climate-Induced Food Insecurity
• Single Moms Entering Midlife May Lead to Public Health Crisis, Study Suggests

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Young Adults Ready to Change Their Behavior Based on Sustainable Values

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Cholera in Haiti: Universal Vaccination Campaign Is Essential to Ending Crisis, Experts Say

Posted May 23, 2011:

• More Focus Needed on Mental Health Triage in Disaster Preparedness, Bioethicists Urge

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Experts Call for Governments to Take Urgent Action to Tackle Child Undernutrition

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Ethics of Biofuels: Framework Outlined

Posted May 5, 2011:

• US Farmers Dodge the Impacts of Global Warming -- At Least for Now

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