Rob Vos is Strategic Coordinator for Rural Poverty Reduction and Director Social Protection at FAO, Rome and co-author of 'Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era'.
Last month, hundreds of migrants died near Malta in what the International Organization for Migration (IOM) called the worst shipwreck in years. This year alone, thousands have drowned or gone missing in the Mediterranean trying to cross from the...
read moreDiversification of employment opportunities into non-farm, non-mining activities will be critical to safeguarding Ecuador’s rainforest. However, this is easier said than done.
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