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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 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 Middle-Class To Expand, "Destitute" Class To Halve By 2031: Study
India will see a five-fold increase in its 'super rich' families by the turn of the decade and a large chunk of the growth will come from rural areas - home to the nation's poorest, according to a study.
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Serious Debt Crisis Unfolding Across Developing Nations: Report
The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.
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World Bank Unveils $93 Billion Boost For Poorest Nations
The World Bank's fund to help the world's poorest nations got a $93 billion injection of cash to help scale up aid for pandemic recovery and other programs, the institution announced Wednesday.
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In US, States Deploy Soldiers And Home Tests In Covid Battle
New York is requiring masks in all indoor places across the state. Massachusetts is sending free home Covid-19 test kits to its poorest areas. Maine has activated its National Guard to help hospitals.
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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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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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Over 200 World Leaders Urge G7 Nations To Help Vaccinate World's Poorest
Over 200 world leaders have backed a campaign urging G7 nations to help vaccinate the world's poorest from low-income economies against COVID-19 by paying two-thirds of an estimated USD 66 billion required.
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Covid Pandemic: Government Asks States To Issue Ration Cards To Poor
The directive has been issued keeping in mind the Coronavirus pandemic and the need to provide food security to the poorest section of the society.
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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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Curbs By India, World's Biggest Vaccine Export, To Hit Poorest Nations
India is restricting coronavirus vaccine exports, a move that will likely hit the world's most disadvantaged nations hardest and exacerbate what the World Health Organization's head this week called a "grotesque" supply chasm between rich and poor countries.
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Millions Of Women Deprived Of Contraception In Pandemic: UN Body
Some 12 million women may have lost access to contraception due to pandemic health disruptions, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency said Thursday, warning that the poorest and most vulnerable were the hardest hit.
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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 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 Middle-Class To Expand, "Destitute" Class To Halve By 2031: Study
India will see a five-fold increase in its 'super rich' families by the turn of the decade and a large chunk of the growth will come from rural areas - home to the nation's poorest, according to a study.
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Serious Debt Crisis Unfolding Across Developing Nations: Report
The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.
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World Bank Unveils $93 Billion Boost For Poorest Nations
The World Bank's fund to help the world's poorest nations got a $93 billion injection of cash to help scale up aid for pandemic recovery and other programs, the institution announced Wednesday.
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In US, States Deploy Soldiers And Home Tests In Covid Battle
New York is requiring masks in all indoor places across the state. Massachusetts is sending free home Covid-19 test kits to its poorest areas. Maine has activated its National Guard to help hospitals.
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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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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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Over 200 World Leaders Urge G7 Nations To Help Vaccinate World's Poorest
Over 200 world leaders have backed a campaign urging G7 nations to help vaccinate the world's poorest from low-income economies against COVID-19 by paying two-thirds of an estimated USD 66 billion required.
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Covid Pandemic: Government Asks States To Issue Ration Cards To Poor
The directive has been issued keeping in mind the Coronavirus pandemic and the need to provide food security to the poorest section of the society.
-
"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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Curbs By India, World's Biggest Vaccine Export, To Hit Poorest Nations
India is restricting coronavirus vaccine exports, a move that will likely hit the world's most disadvantaged nations hardest and exacerbate what the World Health Organization's head this week called a "grotesque" supply chasm between rich and poor countries.
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Millions Of Women Deprived Of Contraception In Pandemic: UN Body
Some 12 million women may have lost access to contraception due to pandemic health disruptions, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency said Thursday, warning that the poorest and most vulnerable were the hardest hit.
