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Half of world's poorest need urgent debt relief: UNDP
Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need ur…
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World's poorest countries witness 9.5% increase in external debts, says World Bank
The total external debt of the world's poorest countries increased by 9.5 per cent to a record $744…
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Putin tells Western countries their sanctions will lead to food shortages in the 'poorest regions of the world' and cause migration to spike, report says
"We will have to be more careful about food supplies abroad, especially carefully monitor the expor…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The world's 1,000 richest people have already bounced back from COVID-19 wealth losses, but it could take more than a decade for the poorest to recover, Oxfam warns
The top 10 billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, have enough money combined to pay for …
Kate Duffy
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Ukraine needs $1 trillion to rebuild. The country's oligarchs plan to loot it.
Insiders fear that under Andriy Yermak, Zelensky's right-hand man, Ukraine's influx of foreign aid …
Paul Starobin
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Here's how much the world's wealthiest, middle class, and poorest make in a year
The new World Inequality Report found that the wealth gap between the world's poorest and richest i…
Jason Lalljee
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Most of the world's poorest countries haven't administered a single COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance
As wealthier nations speed up their COVID-19 vaccine rollout, poorer countries are being left behin…
Grace Dean
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The world's poorest countries should consider launching a $465 billion cash handout programme to fight the coronavirus, a UN report says
"Bailouts and recovery plans cannot only focus on big markets and big business," UNDP administrator…
Shalini Nagarajan
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A fire just razed a slum in the heart of one of Korea's ritziest neighborhoods. It highlights the vast wealth gap and tight proximity in which Seoul's richest and poorest live.
A stone's throw from Gangnam, a fire broke out at one of the city's worst-kept secrets: a slum, hom…
Cheryl Teh,Amanda Goh
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The 23 poorest countries in the world
Following the Democratic Republic of Congo are Zimbabwe, where in 2013 people earned $589.25 on ave…
Barbara Tasch
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The two generals fighting in Sudan helped Putin plunder the country's gold to fund Russia's war in Ukraine
Tensions between the two rival generals erupted in violence across Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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RANKED: The 28 poorest countries in the world - where people live on less than $1,000 per year
Most of the countries populating the top of this ranking are under authoritarian regimes where corr…
Will Martin
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One of the world's poorest countries is on the brink of civil war
Its economy is mostly based on agriculture, with coffee and tea as the country's leading exports. T…