Unlike the MDGs, the SDGs were formulated subsequent to the largest consultation process in UN history

Public private partnership programmes in the education sector, such as adopt-a-school schemes, remain ad hoc

Developing countries are suffering the impact of climate changes which have not been instigated by them

Rather than trying to placate the upper-middle class, the govt should rather focus on improving govt schools

It's simplistic to believe that computerisation of land records will automatically enable greater transparency

Those better off can recover much quicker from natural and man-made disasters than the poor and marginalised

Pakistan needs to pay close attention to the need for building resilience to disasters

According to World Food Programme’s ‘hunger statistics’, one out of nine people in the world remain malnourished

Rich countries need to step up aid to conflict zones, or refugees, migrants will continue to seek safety in Europe

There is still no widespread realisation regarding utility of wetlands in helping contend with the problem of flooding