the countries of the Global South fear that their arguments for funding will come to nothing." Schipper is one of the lead authors of a study published in the journal Science that found the ...
Many experts believe the 21st century will be dominated by Asia, and Thailand should not simply watch as other Asean countries progress. Opportunities like this may not arise again for another fifty ...
The World Bank has issued a stark warning that decisive action is essential to eradicate poverty in the 26 poorest countries by 2050. These nations, housing about 40 per cent of people living on ...
The poorest countries paid out more than $96bn to service their debts, the bank announced in its latest report on international debt, noting that interest costs alone amounted to almost $35bn.
This can easily be seen in a country like Pakistan. In fact, if the country’s population was divided into 5 equal bands or quintiles from richest to poorest, the living standards of these groups would ...
(Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) Half of the amphibious warships the Navy uses to transport and land Marines — including many based in San Diego — are in poor condition ...
Difficult as the Northern Ireland of the mid-20th century was for the poor, it bore no resemblance to modern-day Sierra Leone. The country is ranked as the third poorest in the world, with two ...