Giving Compass' Take:

• United Nations Foundation examines 3 global problems that need to be addressed and fixed this upcoming year: expanding the middle class, creating a solid environmental plan, and ending marginalization.

• How can donors help organizations whose goals are to help create a better and more stable global system?

• Learn about other global issues to address. 

2018 will go down in the record books as one of seemingly incessant geopolitical acrimony. For many policymakers, the imminent turn of the calendar offers brief respite – a moment to clear one’s head and take stock of the most salient challenges on the horizon.

What core problems need to be solved amid fast-shifting strategic alliances and the cacophony of public debates? Ultimately, most societies are grappling with a common triple task, even if local manifestations differ.

  1. Re-couple overall economic progress with gains in living standards
  2. De-couple economic progress from environmental degradation
  3. End marginalization so that absolutely no one gets left behind

Read the full article about global issues by John McArthur at United Nations Foundation