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World Bank Announces Record $100 Billion Support For World's Poorest Countries
The World Bank announced Thursday that it had raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world's poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power.
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Biden Pledges "Historic" $4 Billion To World Bank Fund For Poor Nations
US President Joe Biden announced a "historic" $4 billion pledge for a World Bank fund that helps the world's poorest countries, the White House said Monday, before Donald Trump takes office with a new cost-cutting agenda.
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Poorest Countries Face Highest Debt Burden For 18 Years: World Bank
The world's 26 poorest economies are facing the most significant debt burden since 2006, the World Bank announced in a new report published Sunday.
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Poorest Countries In The World: South Sudan On Top With $492 GDP Per Capita
South Sudan, gaining independence in 2011, is the youngest nation in the world and the poorest according to this ranking.
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India's Richest MLA Has Assets Worth Rs 1,400 Crore, 'Poorest' MLA Has...
The richest MLA in the country has assets worth over Rs 1,400 crore while an MLA from West Bengal does not have even Rs 2,000 to his name, a report by an advocacy group has revealed.
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"Honour And Pride": Bhutan No Longer Among World's Poorest Countries
There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world's poorest countries, while others still have a mountain to climb.
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Pfizer To Sell Drugs To World's Poorest Countries On Not-For-Profit Basis
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs at a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Central African Republic's Bitcoin Adoption Will Be A Real Test Case: Here's Why
Among the poorest in the world, the African country is likely to serve as a case study on bitcoin adoption in under-developed and politically unstable regions.
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Full-Blown Crisis In Fragile Frontier Economies From Ukraine War: Report
The fallout of the Russia and Ukraine war has just tipped two of the world's poorest countries into full-blown crises, and the list of those at risk - and the queue at the International Monetary Fund's door - will only get longer from here.
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Oxfam Calls For Urgent G20 Action On Vaccine Inequality, Climate Change
Oxfam has called on G20 leaders to take urgent action to dramatically scale-up manufacturing and access to Covid vaccines around the world, promote a fair economic recovery, fight hunger and help the poorest countries adapt to climate change.
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Poor Nations On UK 'Red List' Warn Of Visa Headaches For Climate Talks
The world's poorest countries have said they may struggle to meet visa requirements and cover all COVID-19 quarantine costs for the COP26 climate summit, raising concerns that some might not be able to attend in person.
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IMF Chief Urges G20 To Prevent "Devastating" Blow To Poorest
The world's richest nations must do more to help the poorest countries withstand the "devastating double-blow" of the pandemic and the resulting economic damage, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday.
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"Just Give Us The Vaccines," WHO Pleads, As Poor Countries Lack Doses
Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on Friday, condemning a global failure.
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US To Donate 500 Million Pfizer Covid Vaccine Doses To 100 Poor Nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to some of the world's poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
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Surging Food Import Costs Threaten World's Poorest, Warns World Agriculture Body
Food import costs across the world are expected to surge to record levels this year, piling pressure on many of the poorest countries whose economies have already been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N.Food Agency said on Thursday.
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World Bank Announces Record $100 Billion Support For World's Poorest Countries
The World Bank announced Thursday that it had raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world's poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power.
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Biden Pledges "Historic" $4 Billion To World Bank Fund For Poor Nations
US President Joe Biden announced a "historic" $4 billion pledge for a World Bank fund that helps the world's poorest countries, the White House said Monday, before Donald Trump takes office with a new cost-cutting agenda.
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Poorest Countries Face Highest Debt Burden For 18 Years: World Bank
The world's 26 poorest economies are facing the most significant debt burden since 2006, the World Bank announced in a new report published Sunday.
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Poorest Countries In The World: South Sudan On Top With $492 GDP Per Capita
South Sudan, gaining independence in 2011, is the youngest nation in the world and the poorest according to this ranking.
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India's Richest MLA Has Assets Worth Rs 1,400 Crore, 'Poorest' MLA Has...
The richest MLA in the country has assets worth over Rs 1,400 crore while an MLA from West Bengal does not have even Rs 2,000 to his name, a report by an advocacy group has revealed.
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"Honour And Pride": Bhutan No Longer Among World's Poorest Countries
There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world's poorest countries, while others still have a mountain to climb.
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Pfizer To Sell Drugs To World's Poorest Countries On Not-For-Profit Basis
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs at a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Central African Republic's Bitcoin Adoption Will Be A Real Test Case: Here's Why
Among the poorest in the world, the African country is likely to serve as a case study on bitcoin adoption in under-developed and politically unstable regions.
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Full-Blown Crisis In Fragile Frontier Economies From Ukraine War: Report
The fallout of the Russia and Ukraine war has just tipped two of the world's poorest countries into full-blown crises, and the list of those at risk - and the queue at the International Monetary Fund's door - will only get longer from here.
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Oxfam Calls For Urgent G20 Action On Vaccine Inequality, Climate Change
Oxfam has called on G20 leaders to take urgent action to dramatically scale-up manufacturing and access to Covid vaccines around the world, promote a fair economic recovery, fight hunger and help the poorest countries adapt to climate change.
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Poor Nations On UK 'Red List' Warn Of Visa Headaches For Climate Talks
The world's poorest countries have said they may struggle to meet visa requirements and cover all COVID-19 quarantine costs for the COP26 climate summit, raising concerns that some might not be able to attend in person.
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IMF Chief Urges G20 To Prevent "Devastating" Blow To Poorest
The world's richest nations must do more to help the poorest countries withstand the "devastating double-blow" of the pandemic and the resulting economic damage, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday.
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"Just Give Us The Vaccines," WHO Pleads, As Poor Countries Lack Doses
Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on Friday, condemning a global failure.
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US To Donate 500 Million Pfizer Covid Vaccine Doses To 100 Poor Nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to some of the world's poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
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Surging Food Import Costs Threaten World's Poorest, Warns World Agriculture Body
Food import costs across the world are expected to surge to record levels this year, piling pressure on many of the poorest countries whose economies have already been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N.Food Agency said on Thursday.
