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World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get deadlier
The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...
Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.3%
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...
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The #LookAroundYou Photo Contest by World Bank Nepal
Enter your creative photo, with a short statement describing the photo, for a chance to show your photo to the world. Here are some more details about the contest. WHAT. The #LookAroundYou Photo ...
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The World Bank had to scrap its popular business report. That says a lot about the politics of numbers. - The Washington Post
The now-discontinued World Bank’s “Doing Business” reports ranked countries on the perceived quality of the regulatory environment in facilitating private enterprise. Drawing from annual ...
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World Bank sees commodity prices falling to pre-COVID levels
The World Bank on Tuesday forecast that weakening global growth due in part to trade turmoil will push global commodity prices down 12% in 2025 and another 5% in 2026 to the lowest levels of the ...
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Decline of Global Extreme Poverty Continues but Has Slowed: World Bank
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2018 Fewer people are living in extreme poverty around the world, but the decline in poverty rates has slowed, raising concerns about achieving the goal of ending poverty by 2030 ...