The shadow economy, a hidden but often overlooked factor of the developed and developing nations, functions in the background of the official markets. Its scope and dynamics are mainly shaped by ...

Achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires an overall and well-balanced achievement of all SDGs rather than cherry-picking a few. While it is vital to assess the ...

30 March 2026 - Developing countries are being priced out of the affordable finance they desperately need for sustainable development, with sovereign credit ratings often overstating risk and ...

Expert says China’s green development strategy links ecological protection with economic growth and sustainability.

The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, with wealthy countries pledging to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the ...

According to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the growth in developing economies is expected to remain steady at 4.2% in 2024 and 2025. This stability is attributed to the fact that ...

8 November 2024 - There are 32 countries classified as Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs): 16 are in Africa, five in Asia, eight in the Commonwealth of Independent States and South-Eastern Europe ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2024—Developing countries spent a record $1.4 trillion to service their foreign debt as their interest costs climbed to a 20-year high in 2023, the World Bank’s latest ...

Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in economic rewards from a global program meant to help the developing world grapple with the ...

Learn how the World Bank helps countries build the foundations of cyber resilience focusing on developing national cybersecurity strategies, increasing cybersecurity skills, and establishing incident ...

The World Bank warned in a new report that poor countries will be stuck in economic “purgatory” without debt relief. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Soaring inflation saddled developing ...

Croatia tops a list of countries that will be left behind if they do not invest in AI, with the lowest overall score, signalling a major gap in AI development. AI readiness is the product of four key ...