Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will have the greatest impact on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). There are currently forty-seven countries that are classified by the United Nations as LDCs, including thirty-three in Africa, nine in Asia, four in Oceania, and one in The Americas. The United Nations Economic and Social Council […]

Eradicating poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. While the number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015, too many are still struggling for the most basic human needs. Economic growth and increased agricultural productivity over the past two decades reduced the number of undernourished […]

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were in effect until 2015 when they were superseded by a revised and expanded set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The adoption of the original MDGs and the transition to the new set of SDGs was influenced to a great extent by Professor Geoffrey Sachs of Columbia University, […]