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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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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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"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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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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"Supplied More Vaccines Globally Than Vaccinated Our Own," India Tells UN
India has supplied more COVID-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people, the country has told the UN General Assembly and cautioned that vaccine inequity will defeat the collective global resolve to contain the coronavirus as the disparity in the accessibility of vaccines will affect the poorest nations the most.
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Pandemic Threatens Child Education, Health Gains: World Bank
The coronavirus pandemic threatens to erase progress made in the last decade in improving child education and health, particularly in the poorest countries, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Pandemic "Far From Over", Worried About Children, Says WHO Chief
The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Indian Billionaires' Wealth Grew By Rs 2,200 Crore Daily In 2018: Report
The fortunes of Indian billionaires grew by an astronomical 35 per cent per day last year, or by Rs 2,200 crore daily, while the poorest 10 per cent of the country have continued to remain in debt since 2004, according to an Oxfam report released today.
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Central Africa Says Boris Becker's Diplomatic Passport Is 'Fake'
On Friday, lawyers for Germany's three-time Wimbledon champion lodged a claim in the High Court in Britain saying that he had been appointed a sports attache for the CAR to the European Union (EU) in April.
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Babies Born In Poorest Countries Still Face 'Alarming' Risks: UNICEF
Babies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face "alarming" risks of death that can be 50 times as high as those in the richest countries, according to a UNICEF report released Tuesday.
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UK's Aid To Pakistan Fails To Reach The Poorest: Report
A large chunk of the funds from the UK government's aid programme to Pakistan was failing to reach the poorest in the country, according to a report.
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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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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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"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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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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"Supplied More Vaccines Globally Than Vaccinated Our Own," India Tells UN
India has supplied more COVID-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people, the country has told the UN General Assembly and cautioned that vaccine inequity will defeat the collective global resolve to contain the coronavirus as the disparity in the accessibility of vaccines will affect the poorest nations the most.
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Pandemic Threatens Child Education, Health Gains: World Bank
The coronavirus pandemic threatens to erase progress made in the last decade in improving child education and health, particularly in the poorest countries, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Pandemic "Far From Over", Worried About Children, Says WHO Chief
The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Indian Billionaires' Wealth Grew By Rs 2,200 Crore Daily In 2018: Report
The fortunes of Indian billionaires grew by an astronomical 35 per cent per day last year, or by Rs 2,200 crore daily, while the poorest 10 per cent of the country have continued to remain in debt since 2004, according to an Oxfam report released today.
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Central Africa Says Boris Becker's Diplomatic Passport Is 'Fake'
On Friday, lawyers for Germany's three-time Wimbledon champion lodged a claim in the High Court in Britain saying that he had been appointed a sports attache for the CAR to the European Union (EU) in April.
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Babies Born In Poorest Countries Still Face 'Alarming' Risks: UNICEF
Babies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face "alarming" risks of death that can be 50 times as high as those in the richest countries, according to a UNICEF report released Tuesday.
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UK's Aid To Pakistan Fails To Reach The Poorest: Report
A large chunk of the funds from the UK government's aid programme to Pakistan was failing to reach the poorest in the country, according to a report.
