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Biden’s World Bank Pick Looks to Link Climate and Development Goals

The Biden administration’s nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, the international development and climate institution, is embarking on a monthlong sprint around the globe to solidify […]




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Defaults Loom as Poor Countries Face an Economic Storm

WASHINGTON — Developing nations are facing a catastrophic debt crisis in the coming months as rapid inflation, slowing growth, rising interest rates and a strengthening dollar coalesce into a perfect […]




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Global Growth Will Be Choked Amid Inflation and War, Says World Bank

For large and small nations around the globe, the hope of averting a recession is fading, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.The grinding war in Ukraine, ongoing supply chain chokeholds, […]




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How the Wealthy World Has Failed Poor Countries During the Pandemic

LONDON — Like much of the developing world, Pakistan was alarmingly short of doctors and medical facilities long before anyone had heard of Covid-19. Then the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals, forcing […]