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UK admits foreign aid cuts could see deaths rise – with Africa hit hardest

The government’s own impact assessment warns that cuts to projects will likely increase death and disease

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025

Funding for some aid organisations and countries to be cut, minister says

The minister for development said the Government is ‘modernising’ its approach.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025

Hanoi Scooter Riders Baulk At Petrol-powered Bikes Ban

Vietnam's plan to bar gas-guzzling motorbikes from central Hanoi may clear the air of the smog-smothered capital, but riders fear paying a high toll for the capital's green transition.

International Business Times · Jul 20, 2025

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Education aid cuts to severely harm futures of children across developing world, research says

Exclusive: The slashing of aid by countries like the US and UK will be felt for years, new research suggests

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could get

Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. Health and education systems have collapsed and food…

The Conversation · Jul 16, 2025

Trump brutally ended Obama’s flagship project to power Africa – but the dream is not dead

IN FOCUS: Power Africa – established more than a decade ago – aimed to help bring stable electricity to 600 million people across Africa, writes Nick Ferris, before being cut by the current president. But all hope is not lost

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Cash in Gaza: Palestinians pay a high price in a shattered economy

At a time of surging inflation, high unemployment and dwindling savings, the scarcity of cash has magnified the financial squeeze on families, some of whom have begun to sell their possessions to buy essential goods.

Euronews · Jul 11, 2025

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Cash is scarce in Gaza. Palestinians are paying a high price to get it

Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory — food, fuel, medicine — it is in extremely short supply

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Concern that Ukraine will be split up casts shadow over reconstruction talks

Leaders meet in Rome amid forecasts that more than a third of rebuild costs could fall to Russia if Ukraine concedes land

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025

The Supply Chain Maverick: How Leyland Seto Transformed Fortune 500 Giants with Cutting-Edge Tech Amid Soaring Global Disruptions

Amid rising global supply chain vulnerabilities, the World Bank's Global Supply Chain Stress Index (GSCSI) indicates a significant increase in container shipping disruptions caused by extreme weather events.

inkl · Jul 10, 2025

As US abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies

Roseline Phay is a farmer in the West African nation of Liberia

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

Modi government’s equality boast draws ‘intellectual dishonesty’ accusation

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

Modi government called ‘out of touch’ for claiming India is one of world’s most equal nations

World Bank data seized upon by government – but economists say it doesn’t paint the full picture

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

World Bank's IFC Ramps Up Investment Amid Global Uncertainty

While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump's threats of a global trade war, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is dramatically ramping up its investment activities.

International Business Times · Jul 3, 2025

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The Conversation · Jul 2, 2025

Why investing in climate-vulnerable countries makes good business sense

At a coastal port in Chittagong, Bangladesh, something remarkable is underway. With support from a US$850 million (£620 million) investment from the World Bank, engineers are building flood-resistant infrastructure that can survive rising seas and stronger storms. A new 3.7-mile-long barrier will protect people, homes, and trade in one of…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 30, 2025

UN chief says aid surge needed to face 'climate chaos, raging conflicts'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change.

International Business Times · Jun 30, 2025

UN Conference Seeks Boost For Aid As US Cuts Bite

A UN conference aiming to rally fresh support for development aid begins in Spain on Monday with the sector in crisis as US-led funding cuts jeopardise the fight against poverty.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2025

The global south needs more than tinkering at a conference: debt forgiveness is the only fair way

Next week, a UN summit in Seville will discuss the future of financing the world’s poorer nations. It should first concede that the old methods have failed

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The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get deadlier

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Rising poverty in conflict zones ‘causes a billion people to go hungry’

In first assessment since pandemic in 2020, World Bank urges other countries to step up support

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2025

Africa’s development banks are being undermined: the continent will pay the price

Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB).

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Wealthy Wall Street recluse claims he was duped by Harvard fellow into funding weapons for alleged coup in South Sudan

Financier Robert Granieri was allegedly duped into handing over millions to fund the purported attempt to topple the South Sudanese government

Euronews · Jun 25, 2025

World Bank approves $1bn for development projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon

The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 million to help improve the country’s railway infrastructure, boost domestic trade and create jobs.

Al Jazeera · Jun 25, 2025

India forcibly sterilised 8m men: One village remembers, 50 years later

The imposition of a state of national emergency on June 25, 1975, was India’s closest brush with dictatorship.

Euronews · Jun 24, 2025

AIIB elects former anti-corruption official as new president

Zou Jiayi has been elected as the next president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by the group’s board of governors.

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