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World Bank’s Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war
KTLA-TV Los Angeles· 1 day agoWASHINGTON (AP) — There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took...
African Lending Needs a Better World Bank
Foreign Policy Magazine· 1 day agoU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the world’s foremost financial institutions—the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (also known...
Who’s Afraid of the Global South?
Foreign Policy Magazine· 6 days agoThe global south is on the rise, with China’s emergence as the world’s largest economy, the top trading partner of more than 120 countries, and the...
Sub-Saharan Africa Incomes Falling Further Behind Rest of World, Says IMF
US News & World Report· 14 hours agoThe IMF earlier this week said the region's economy would grow 3.8% this year, up from 3.4% in 2023, as it begins to emerge from four years of shocks, from the COVID-19 pandemic ...
The West African Sahel Is Becoming a Drug Smuggling Corridor, UN Warns, as Seizures Skyrocket
US News & World Report· 14 hours agoDrug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential ...
Transcript of African Department April 2024 Press Briefing
IMF· 20 hours agoGood morning and good afternoon and good evening for our viewers around the world. I am Tatiana Mossot with the IMF Communication department.
Widening development gap risks triggering destabilization, UN official says
WSAU Wausau· 1 day agoBy Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's poorest countries are facing debt distress and...
Widening development gap risks triggering destabilization, UN official says
Reuters· 1 day agoThe world's poorest countries are facing debt distress and fiscal crises as foreign investment wanes and the gap with richer economies widens, risking political destabilization and unrest, the ...
Opinion | South Africa’s ANC is headed for a reckoning at the ballot box. That’s good.
Washington Post· 2 days agoUnfortunately, the good news doesn’t extend to South Africa, the continent’s most industrialized ...
South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast
The Conversation· 2 days agoThabo Mbeki, his deputy, took over the mantle of the post-apartheid transition. Mbeki would lead the country for the next nine years, a period of relatively high economic ...
