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China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...
Map Shows 'No Country in History Has Ever Planted as Many Trees as China'? Data showed China had seen the highest forest growth of any country in the 21st century. ... which cited data by World Bank.
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) and the World Bank have developed a set of poverty maps for Serbia, showing variability in welfare across the country. These maps combine ...
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries. International development organisation says sum will be deployed to support 78 countries that ‘need it most’.
The World Bank and other multilateral banks have been pressing for years to improve lending transparency. The proportion of low-income countries reporting some debt data is now above 75%, up from ...
Soaring inflation saddled developing countries with a record $1.4 trillion in debt servicing costs last year, the World Bank said in a report published on Tuesday, detailing the precarious state ...
The World Bank’s fiddles, which at first glance appear modest, could in time make hospitals, roads and schools unaffordable for countries such as Niger. That is a high price to pay, even if it ...
A map, built using international debt data from the World Bank, shows countries that owe public and publicly guaranteed external debt to China at the end of 2023.
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - The World Bank is urging "radical" debt transparency for developing countries and their lenders to stave off future crises, it said in a report released on Friday.