World Bank and International Monetary Fund leaders called on 189 member nations for help in easing trade and geopolitical tensions.
WASHINGTON (AN) — World Bank and International Monetary Fund leaders called on 189 member nations on Friday for help in easing trade and geopolitical tensions that are rattling a slowing global economy and undercutting anti-poverty efforts.
The World Bank’s president, David Malpass, said the slowing global growth was compromising the work of encouraging developing economies and of lifting 700 million people out of extreme poverty around the world.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
Just 22.3% of all the e-waste - any product that has a plug or battery - was properly collected and recycled in 2022.
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
