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Developing Countries Feel Squeeze from Lower Natural Resource Revenue & Falling Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON DC, May 26 (IPS) - Developing countries face major difficulties as income from natural resource extraction industries decreases and wealthier nations reduce their aid....

Digital Education in Developing Countries

According to the Global Education Monitoring Report, developing countries are home to some 200 million young people ages 15 to 24 who have not completed primary school and need alt...

Beyond Aid: Perspectives For The Least Developed and Vulnerable Countries And Global South Development

How 3D Printing Can Be a Resource for Developing Countries

For educational purposes, healthcare treatments and local production, learn why 3D printing technology is a resource for developing countries. Across many developing countries, pro...

Small Countries Reducing Poverty

SEO KEYPHRASE: Small Countries Reducing Poverty META DESCRIPTION: Discover how small countries reducing poverty through innovative policies are making significant progress in healt...

Is China Blocking Developing Economies?

The US and other high-income countries have their own set of concerns about China’s role int the world economy–but the concerns for low- and middle-income countries may be even mor...

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loansMost developing countries spent less on education than they did r...

Developing states spend more on debt than education

Debtor countries finally have a group of their own

For decades, developing countries have been forced to navigate an increasingly complex international financial system

The Tale of Two Countries: Elite Stake and Development

SYDNEY, July 14 (IPS) - Philippines was the most advanced Southeast Asian country with the highest per capita GDP until about the early 1960s. Its per capita GDP in purchasing pow...

GEF Approves Adaptation Funds Strengthen Resilience in Vulnerable Countries

SAMARKAND, June 2 (IPS) - Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Niue, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, and Togo will receive over USD 67 million in new fund...

Middle East conflict leaves developing countries paying price: UN warns

China's manufacturing export strength is curbing poorer countries' opportunities to industrialize

China's manufacturing trade surplus and export strength, particularly in low-skill-intensive sectors such as apparel, footwear, and leather is producing a "China Squeeze"—limiting...

Aid Is Falling Fast. What Can African Countries Do?

WASHINGTON DC, June 26 (IPS) - For decades, official development assistance has been a central pillar of financing in sub-Saharan Africa. That pillar is now weakening—quickly and...

Developed countries exceed USD 100 billion climate finance goal for third consecutive year: OECD

Behind the Statistics: Poverty in the Dominican Republic

Poverty in the Dominican Republic continues to affect many families despite economic growth in recent years. The World Bank states that although the Dominican Republic has experien...

Africa: Africa Must Look Within Domestic Economy for Development Financing ... As Aid Dwindles - IMF

[Ghanaian Times] African countries must increasingly rely on their own resources and institutions to drive development as international aid continues to decline, the International...

Poverty Reduction Efforts Across Africa

From East Africa, home to Kenya, to the western coast of Sierra Leone, the continent is home to diverse populations that have both experienced and influenced much of modern history...

Will Changes to the UN Resident Coordinator System Damage the Development Pillar & Downgrade its Assistance to Middl...

GENEVA, July 2 (IPS) - A letter to staff unions from economists working in the resident coordinator system, blows the whistle on a restructuring that could damage the development...

Uganda still low-income as Kenya, Tanzania hold lower-middle-income status

The classification has implications beyond its borders and ability to attract affordable development financing.

Understanding Poverty in South Sudan with Poverty Simulations

Poverty in South Sudan is among the worst in the world. More than 70% of the population is on or below the poverty line, and only around 30% of the population is literate. This int...

Middle East conflict leaves developing countries paying the price

With another weekend of strikes involving the United States and Iran, renewed diplomatic efforts on Monday have eased immediate fears of escalation, but the economic shockwaves are...

Developing Asia receives $644 billion in FDI in 2025

Africa: How can the Global South chart its path to development by seizing the economic and financial opportunities of Ch...

[allAfrica] My stay in China as part of the DongFang scholarship program at Peking University (PKU) allowed me to immerse in the heart of China's institutional and administrative a...