Rabab Fatima is Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS).As the world grapples ...

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has launched two new initiatives to help countries, particularly the least ...

Official development assistance from developed countries increased by 66 per cent in real terms between 2000 and 2014, reaching $135.2 billion. Globally, the proportion of the population covered ...

Mechanisation - In developed countries, irrigation is mechanised. Sprinklers or timed irrigation feeds are used. Where agriculture is common, vast amounts of water can be released at a touch of a ...