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BRICS Announces New World Reserve Currency as America Commits Economic Suicide
The latest by Greg Reese. *** China has recently invited Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, Egypt and several other countries to join BRICS, a growing
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World Bank Chief: We’re at a crisis, countries fall in one by one
World Bank President David Malpass walks during the official welcome ceremony of G7 leaders and Outreach guests at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near
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Handling Inflation in Uganda
Uganda is in a state of having to combat inflation and rising prices for its citizens as global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the
Narrowing the data gap: World Bank and Microsoft commit to unlocking better development outcomes for persons with disabilities
Across the world, persons with disabilities remain invisible in the global development agenda. One key reason is because of variances in the
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Artel bond issue could kick-start Uzbekistan’s capital markets
Uzbekistan’s reformist government wants to float several state-owned firms on the country’s erstwhile under-capitalised stock exchange this
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Digitization Reinvigorates Health Care in South Africa
With the ongoing ramifications of the pandemic that began in 2020, the world recognizes how much life has become integrated with digital technology.
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World Bank sees raised risk of stagflation
Compounding the damage from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy, which is
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Reforms key to growth, higher living standards in Kosovo
Harnessed in the right way at the right time, Kosovo’s strengths could prove a catalyst for accelerating growth to achieve higher living
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Using Trash in Ghana to Reduce Poverty
According to the World Bank in 2016, Ghana’s labor force participation rate stood at 76.7%. However, of the 76.7.% of people employed in Ghana,
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5 Facts about the World’s Unbanked Population
In 2017, the World Bank reported 1.7 billion “unbanked” adults, meaning these individuals did not have “an account at a financial
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The potential, and challenges, of Georgia’s agriculture sector
Around 41 per cent of the Georgian population live in rural areas, and the majority of those still rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. The
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Child Poverty in Sri Lanka
Children living in low-income families with limited or no resources are defined as child poverty. In Sri Lanka, 10.9% of its people live on less
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Addressing the Difficulties of Multilateral Development Banks and Financing Local Entrepreneurs
Local content requirements (LCRs) require companies to fulfill a minimum threshold that incorporates either local labor or locally sourced goods
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World Bank rules out bridge financing or new loan commitments to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
The World Bank said that they are reshuffling the already allocated resources to provide essential medicines and other cash assistance to the
Airbnb China closes domestic unit to cut costs as it bets on border reopening
Airbnb will terminate its domestic business in China, marking the partial retreat of another Western tech giant from the country. Like most of its