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The World Bank Used To Champion Markets. Now It's Surrendering to State-Led Industrialization.

The reversal wasn't because the economics changed. It is because their biggest shareholders turned toward industrial policy.

Reason

Development finance in Africa: economist explains how private savings could be unlocked

Africa holds abundant private savings, but much of it remains informal. As a result, its contribution to development financing is limited.

The Conversation

What’s behind the push for more Australian babies? ‘It’s a phenomenon we’re seeing all over the world’

The Nationals have canvassed a vision of the future with bigger families. Pronatalist policies aren’t new – but they’re looking increasingly partisan

The Guardian - AU

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The world’s waste mountain is rising at an alarming rate

The world is struggling to deal with ever-growing quantities of waste.

The Conversation

Why Are War-Torn Nations Happier Than India? What We’re Missing

It sounds contradictory at first. A country like India, growing rapidly and improving economically, ranks significantly lower in global happiness than nations dealing with conflict and instability. According to the World Happiness Report 2026, India stands around 116th with a life evaluation score of about 4.5, while Israel ranks within…

Times Life

Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality

Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to US$140,000 for a family of four. Currently, a family of that size has to be eking by on $33,000 a year to qualify as poor…

The Conversation

Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK responds to Moscow’s ‘absurd’ claim Kyiv building nuclear weapon with Europe

Nuclear weapons claim a 'clear attempt by Vladimir Putin to distract from his heinous actions in Ukraine', says UK

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Declines in health and education in poor countries ‘harming earning potential’

World Bank says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improved

The Guardian - UK

Central Asia posts growth above 6% in 2025, beating advanced economies

Economic activity accelerated across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan in 2025. Azerbaijan, while outside Central Asia, remained closely linked through energy and trade corridors connecting the region to Europe and global markets.

Euronews

World Bank Group opens its first office in Qatar

The World Bank Group has officially opened its first office in Doha, marking a new phase in its partnership with Qatar and strengthening cooperation on development, private investment and support for fragile economies in the region.

Euronews

7 Things Men Loved in Girlfriends but Refuse to Tolerate in Wives

Before marriage, many men proudly say, “I’m very cool, yaar. I don’t control. She’s independent.” And for a while, it’s true. As a girlfriend, her choices feel exciting. Her independence feels modern. Her confidence feels attractive. Then marriage happens. And slowly, without any announcement, the rules change. Suddenly, the same…

Times Life

The ‘rules-based order’ Davos craves has bigger problems than Trump: it represents a world that no longer exists

The global economic system doesn’t even benefit its US and European creators any more, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Defence spending fell below 3% of GDP in the 1990s

John Major’s government cut defence spending to below 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in in 1995, and it has not risen above that level since.

Evening Standard

2025 Commodity Markets: A Wild Ride Wraps Up, All Eyes on 2026

Man, 2025 was a wild ride in commodities. Prices were down 7% overall per the World Bank, thanks to weak growth, oversupply, and all those tariff/election headaches. But hey, not total doom... precious metals absolutely crushed it.

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Reform plan to cap aid at £1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn

Exclusive: Campaigners say slashing overseas aid would leave UK unable to meet existing commitments

The Independent UK

How private investors are making billions from countries in debt

IN DEPTH: Exclusive: As an escalating climate crisis and a difficult economic outlook put ever greater pressure on developing countries, new analysis shows how wealthy private investors in the Global North are profiting

Benzinga

Could The US Economy Enter A Recession While Hosting The 2026 World Cup?

In 2026, the United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the FIFA World Cup, the largest sporting event ever staged in North America, with 48 teams, expanded venues, and one of the most complex tourism and logistics operations in sports history.

Euronews

COP30: EU backs global carbon market alliance to crack down on CO2 emissions

The European Union and Brazil urged other countries to embrace mechanisms that put a price on carbon and develop carbon markets to finance global climate action. Critics argue the decision could undermine domestic climate ambition and jeopardise financing for restoring natural carbon sinks.

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Benzinga

World Bank Partners With Private Equity In Global Critical Minerals Race

Private equity investors are boosting their participation in the global race for critical minerals. As these commodities take the central stage in international trade negotiations, fresh ten-figure deals are taking place.

Euronews

Estimated €185bn needed to rebuild Syria after 14 years of civil war, World Bank says

Syria's civil war began in 2011 when mass protests against the government of then-President Bashar al-Assad were met with a brutal crackdown and spiralled into armed conflict.

The Independent UK

World Bank estimates $216B needed to rebuild Syria after civil war

The World Bank says rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war could cost about $216 billion

International Business Times

IMF Meetings To Begin Under Fresh Cloud Of US-China Trade Tensions

The IMF and World Bank's semi-annual gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors gets underway in Washington on Monday, against the backdrop of new trade threats from the world's two largest economies.

The Guardian - UK

Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world

Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings

The Conversation

Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies

Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank’s approach to development for many decades. From the bank’s early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power plants and transport networks were central to its strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction. This reflected a top-down…

The Guardian - UK

On the road with the minister tasked with defending Britain’s painful aid cuts to Ghana

Jenny Chapman is shown the impact of her government’s ever-diminishing assistance on her first trip accompanied by the media since taking charge of development

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