by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Between 1995 and 2015, the number of people practising open defecation in São Tomé and Principe decreased by 20 per cent. However, 54 per cent still used open spaces for defecation (Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, 2015)....
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although Portuguese is the 6th most commonly spoken language in the world and the most common in the Southern hemisphere, spoken by more than 300 million people in eight Member States across four continents, an ongoing need exists to develop Portuguese...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Over the last four decades, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced more than 1,000 disasters. They are a major threat to development, putting recent economic development gains at risk. Africa’s disaster profile is characterized by extreme...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In the past decade, the Portuguese-speaking countries of Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea- Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, and Timor-Leste have experienced significant progress in economic governance. Recent public finance management reforms are the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Guinea-Bissau, like many sub-Saharan African countries, faced the turmoil of the global food crisis of 2007 and 2008 when skyrocketing international and domestic prices hit the country hard. Once a major exporter of rice, Guinea-Bissau now imports almost...
