Poor countries

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World+Biz

Poorest countries face highest debt burden for 18 years: World Bank

At the same time, the amount of international aid they receive as a share of their economic output has shrunk to a two-decade low

Over 80% neurological deaths occur in low- and middle-income nations: Study
Health

Over 80% neurological deaths occur in low- and middle-income nations: Study

Plastic waste runs on conveyor belts at a new plastic waste sorting facility in Motala, central Sweden, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/David Keyton, File)
Europe

EU nations reach major breakthrough to stop shipping plastic waste to poor countries

Indermit Gill is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics at the World Bank. M Ayhan Kose is Deputy Chief Economist and Director of the Prospects Group at the World Bank. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

A tragedy is unfolding in the poorest countries

FILE PHOTO: Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath speaks during an interview with Reuters in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Global Economy

IMF's Gopinath: Poorer nations do face big debt challenges

Vials labelled "AstraZeneca, Pfizer - Biontech, Johnson&Johnson, Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Short shelf lives see poor nations decline millions of Covid jabs: UN

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Just give us the vaccines, WHO pleads, as poor countries go wanting

Ethiopian Airlines staff unload AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from a cargo plane at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 7, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Summit secures additional $2.4 bln for Covid shots for poor countries

Unwanted vaccines needed to help poor countries catch up, international health officials say
Coronavirus chronicle

Unwanted vaccines needed to help poor countries catch up, international health officials say

FILE PHOTO: Japan's newly-appointed Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
World+Biz

Japan cautious on global economy, urges support for poor nations

Woman holds vials labelled "Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" over dry ice in this illustration taken, 5 December, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

‘9 out of 10 people in poor countries to miss Covid-19 vaccine’

How soon before it arrives here? Photographer: Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images/Bloomberg
Analysis

Now that vaccines are coming, what about poor countries?

Women could be blamed for falling fertility rates. Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg
Analysis

Poor countries are running out of time to get rich