A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.

Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.

The UN has published its draft negotiating document, 'The Future We Want', ahead of the Rio+20 summit in June.

Indian premier Manmohan Singh wants the country’s scientists to follow policy using science and technology to push inclusive growth.

Bill Gates urged developed, emerging and developing economies to form 'triangular' partnerships to push innovations.

The Millennium Villages Project is claiming major successes as it enters its second phase, but critics question its assessment methods.

National priorities must dictate how poor nations make the transition to green economies, a meeting ahead of Rio+20 conference has heard.

Pakistan has promised to increase research spending to two per cent of GDP, as part of a ten-year roadmap to develop its science.

A French version of an African water atlas was launched at World Water Week, boosting the continent's capacity for water management.

A mentoring scheme for African women in agricultural science has been inundated with applications.

The search is on for a new concept of a cheaper, environmentally friendly toilet, with US$42 million in research funding.

Latin America and the Caribbean have reduced hunger and infant deaths but face delays reaching goals on education, deforestation and HIV.

Renewable energy holds much promise in the developing world, home to half of the capacity needed to generate it, says a report.

African parliamentarians have a new, continent-wide forum to help drive science into policy-making.

India's economic growth has not translated into improved child nutrition, according to a report.

A new funding initiative launched by DFID and the Gates Foundation will see more than US$100 million injected into agricultural research.

The editor of a report on agricultural innovation in Africa says the continent could dramatically boost food production within a generation.

Increasing the number of engineers in developing countries could help tackle issues such as food security, says the first report of its kind.

South Africa is set to host Africa's first continent-wide data centre, in a bid to gather scattered biodiversity and health data.

The UN MDGs are too fragmented to achieve key development aims and a new approach is needed after 2015, says a report.