Developing Countries

The missing morality in modern climate policy

We have been witnessing a de-emphasis of public responsibility in the post-Paris years and a re-emphasis on financing by the private sector.

Anti-neoliberalism as if the poor mattered

As neoliberalism swiftly gives way to a resurgence of industrial policy in advanced economies, the perspective of low-income countries is being ignored.

Is World Bank ready for the New World?

Attempting to tackle poverty and climate change simultaneously could lead some governments to make costly and counterproductive decisions.

In a time of crisis, global leaders have failed us

Countries in Southeast Asia had until recently taken for granted a stable relationship between China and the US to preserve their own prosperity.

How do third world countries dodge the looming economic crisis?

While the participants in the Ukraine war are spending billions of dollars each day on weapons and other destructive arsenals, millions of people and the leaders in South Asia and Africa are passing days in anxiety with rising external debt, a strong dollar, lingering supply chain disruptions, and food shortages.

Child marriages will cost poor countries trillions of dollars by 2030

Child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars in the next decade, seriously hampering global efforts to eradicate poverty, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Richest 1% own more than the rest of us: Oxfam

The richest one percent of the world's population now own more than the rest of us combined, aid group Oxfam says, on the eve of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

Editorial / High capital flight outwards

According to the report titled “Illegal Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013” published by Global Financial Integrity...

January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016

Richest 1% own more than the rest of us: Oxfam

The richest one percent of the world's population now own more than the rest of us combined, aid group Oxfam says, on the eve of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

December 11, 2015
December 11, 2015

High capital flight outwards

According to the report titled “Illegal Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013” published by Global Financial Integrity...