The global financial position has remained stable since the April 2024 world economic outlook update from the IMF. According to the IMF July 2024 update, global economic growth is expected to be at ...

2021 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the least developed country (LDC) category by the United Nations. In March 1971, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) identified the ...

At an economics conference in the early 1960s, one speaker began his presentation on development by citing India as an example. Before he could continue, an economist interrupted and asked: “What ...

The developed countries should stop their nonsense and get their acts together. COP29, the United Nations climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, will be assessed by many based on ...

The Lao government is stepping up preparations to leave the United Nations' list of least developed countries, or LDC, in 2026, urging a shift from reliance on aid to investment-driven growth.

According to the OECD, there are only 37 countries belonging to the developed countries list. In contrast, there are 152 developing countries. At least, that’s the number according to the definition ...

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here. Amid a global recession, catastrophic rates of unemployment in ...