The Latest Breaking News from Developing Countries

As much as one third of the clothing sent from the wealthy west to developing countries every year may be ending up as landfill. Unwearable polyester garments are little more than "plastic waste in disguise," according to a report on Kenya by the Changing Markets Foundation.

Many believe there is little future in trying to tackle problems of the 2020s with institutions created in the 1940s

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged the World Bank to map out "bolder and more imaginative" steps on Thursday to address global challenges such as climate change even as it continues to aid individual developing countries.

Kuwait intends to reconsider its policy of providing aid to Arab and developing countries through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, its foreign minister said on Thursday. 

Japan will start exporting human blood products for the first time in 57 years to support healthcare services in developing countries, it has been learned.

Report finds ‘relatively small group’ of rich people contribute disproportionately to emissions

International capital flows have long been a major source of economic growth. Savings in higher-income countries have financed high-yielding investments in low-income countries, generating benefits for all. After World War II, capital flows under the Marshall Plan drove the rapid reconstruction of Europe, and after those countries recovered, they extended…

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry.

A pledge that developing countries won’t wear the costs of ships going green will this year go before the International Maritime Organization.