Economic Development
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Middle East war: After oil and gas, concerns grow over minerals crunch
The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat:…
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Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer
If AI is “a very fast car with no steering wheel” then regulation must provide one, insists Nobel laureate and…
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Economic collapse pushes highly educated Gazans into the ‘survival economy’
Young Palestinians in Gaza with university-level educations are setting aside dreams of putting their hard-won skills into practice and doing…
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Time running out on development goals as finance dries up, UN warns
Rising conflicts, the climate crisis and shrinking development finance are putting growing pressure on the poorest and most vulnerable countries…
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Why lower fertility does not have to mean economic decline
Globally, most people say they want two or more children, but many are having only one, or none at all.…
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New food alert platform helps humanitarians combat hunger
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released its next-generation platform on Thursday known as HungerMap Live, a digital monitoring and intelligence…
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Strength in numbers: Developing countries band together as Iran war batters global economy
Developing countries are banking on having a stronger voice in debt negotiations, following the launch of a new country-led borrowing…
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Middle East conflict chokes end of supply chain as lights go out in the Pacific
For Pacific Island countries, the Middle East crisis is not a distant geopolitical event. It is already showing up in…
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‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis
The clock is ticking for global food systems as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to choke off the…
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Putting humans at the centre: UN AI panel begins work on global impact study
The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI – the first global body of its kind – is gearing up…
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