The 2030 agenda
While 2015 marked the deadline for the millennium development goals (MDGs), the UN had already started preparing a new development agenda. At the Rio+20, the UN conference on sustainable development…
17 goals to transform the world
They key to success for transforming our country is to follow the UN development goals as our indigenous development agenda On September 25, the 193 members of UN General Assembly…
Sustainable development
Asia and the Pacific are recognised for their leadership in global output, trade and development. The region has a new opportunity to lead on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…
A trend-setting national legislature
In the past it was often alleged that Pakistan's Parliament has rarely shaped a trend of reforms and initiatives. The 14th National Assembly, with a string of initiatives, has defied…
A population forgotten
It is estimated that by 2030, we will number 250 million, and more than 315m by 2050. Surely it does not take much to imagine how today’s fight for water,…
Saving marine life
There are many issues that confront our country, but environmental and ecological matters are perhaps the most neglected and least understood. We somehow fail to understand the intrinsic value of…
A knowledge economy
The world is being transformed at a mindboggling pace. Science, technology and innovation have become the keys to this transformation. For this reason countries such as Korea and Austria have…
Paris: the Accountant comes calling
Paris has become the destination of choice for the Accountant. Signing up for Open Government Partnership (OGP) has come on the heels of OECD convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance on…
Civil service reform
An effective public service has remained key to the achievement of national economic and social goals across the world. A capable and motivated bureaucracy has played an instrumental role in…
Civil service reform
An effective public service has remained key to the achievement of national economic and social goals across the world. A capable and motivated bureaucracy has played an instrumental role in…
