This year’s annual United Nations climate talks in Bonn started the way COP28 in Dubai ended last December, with some representatives from developing countries in the Global South feeling excluded ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Foreign direct investment flows into developing economies dropped to $435 billion in 2023, the lowest since 2005, with just $336 billion flowing into advanced economies, the ...

The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, with wealthy countries pledging to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the ...

PARIS: Wealthy countries topped their $100 billion annual climate finance goal for poorer nations for the third straight year ...

In this article, we will look at 15 countries with economic growth or debt problems in 2024. If you want to skip our discussion about the global economy, visit the list of 6 Countries With Economic ...

We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and the past 25 years or so have been a tale of two economies when it comes to bridging the gap between the world’s richest and poorest ...

Unsafe drinking water is not just a technical problem. It is a sign of deeper inequality, concludes a new investigation of the state of water quality in 138 countries by the United Nations University ...

Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) lack territorial access to the sea, leaving them dependent on transit neighbors for a route to world markets. This geographic disadvantage drives up transport ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...

Amidst unprecedented and rapid changes to U.S. foreign assistance, the global development agenda is in flux. These changes raise fundamental questions about the future of U.S. development policy and ...

TWENTY-FIVE years ago your correspondent hired a cellphone in Congo. Each day, it cost what a typical local made in several months. The handset was as heavy as a half-brick and only somewhat more ...

Although cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are well known throughout the world, their form and the burden they cause change as a country undergoes economic development. Developing countries begin with a ...