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The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
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The Future We Want “Rio+20” is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 – twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. Rio+20 is also an opportunity to look ahead to the world we want in 20 years.At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from the private sector, NGOs and other gro...
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The Millennium Development Goals are a UN initiative. The Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.
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ited Nations Millennium Development Goals
In the lead-up to Rio+20 , the 2012 World Water Day emphasized the importance of universal access to water to all to end famine, drought and political instability.
Human Development Reports (HDR) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Social justice and environmental protection are equally urgent and intrinsically linked universal goals, with coordinated global action needed on both fronts at the UN’s ‘Rio+20’ Conference on Sustainable Development in June, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message to an audience of development experts, civil society leaders and government officials at the first Global Human Development Forum here today. UNDP Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan of Turkey opened the Forum today by stressing the importance of collective global action at the “Rio + 20” conference three months from now.
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The United Nations ( UN ) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law , international security , economic development , social progress , human rights, and achievement of world peace .FAO
Producing enough food to feed the world’s growing population will require the sustainable use of water, the world’s "most critical finite resource," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a ceremony at FAO to mark World Water Day. Each March 22, the UN-Water partnership celebrates the Day as a way to focus public attention on the need to sustainably manage the world’s freshwater resources.
Food and Agriculture Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
This publication is the foremost collection and reference point for statistical data on food and agriculture globally.
FAOSTAT
The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty . According to the World Bank's Articles of Agreement (As amended effective 16 February 1989) all of its decisions must be guided by a commitment to promote foreign investment , international trade and facilitate capital investment. [ 3 ] The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group , in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), whereas the former incorporates these two in addition to three more: [ 4 ] International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
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Please report any inconsistencies, apparent data errors, or other comments on this page using the link below. Provide a brief description and include the countries, years and indicators affected if appropriate.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was conceived on July 22, 1944 originally with 45 members and came into existence on December 27, 1945 when 29 countries signed the agreement, [ 1 ] with a goal to stabilize exchange rates and assist the reconstruction of the world’s international payment system. Countries contributed to a pool which could be borrowed from, on a temporary basis, by countries with payment imbalances. The IMF works to improve the economies of its member countries. [ 2 ] The IMF describes itself as “an organization of 187 countries (as of July 2010), working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty.”
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An intergovernmental organization , sometimes rendered as an international governmental organization and both abbreviated as IGO , is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states ), or of other intergovernmental organizations. Intergovernmental organizations are often called international organizations , although that term may also include international nongovernmental organization such as international non-profit organizations or multinational corporations . Intergovernmental organizations are an important aspect of public international law .
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The public release of Australia’s Future Tax System—known as the Henry review—in May 2010 sparked an ongoing debate in Australia about the structure and efficiency of the country’s tax system. The review recommended substantial reforms be made to state and federal taxes, including dramatic simplification of income tax, wider use of rent and land taxes, and more consistent and appropriate treatment of income from capital gains and savings. The review was rightly well received—it offered a dramatically better vision for a national tax system than what we have now.