Continued from Part 1. Furthermore, the condition of poverty is not uniform and some will endure more hardship than others. … Continue reading “How the UN gets poverty wrong? (Part 2)”

A few years ago, when my grandfather was still alive, my father took him to see Angela’s Ashes at the … Continue reading “How the UN gets poverty wrong (Part 1)”

In the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the UN General Assembly resolved to reduce under-five child mortality by two thirds of … Continue reading “Did the Millennium Development Goals change trends in child mortality?”

In 2003 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) set up the Commission on the Private Sector and Development which was … Continue reading “The UN and the profit motive in education”

This year’s issue of the United Nations’ annual World Economic and Social Survey, titled The Great Green Technological Transformation, is … Continue reading “United Nations adopts Malthus and Galbraith”