The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The level of hunger in developing countries as a group has fallen by 27 percent since 2000. While the world has made progress in reducing hunger in recent decades, the state of hunger is still serious or alarming in 52 countries. These findings come from the 2015 Global Hunger Index …
Developed world's 'business as usual' policy is coming at the cost of developing world, including India, said the environment think tank Question mark hangs over Vedanta's Odisha project The "business as usual" approach that the United States has adopted towards climate change denies growth to developing countries like India and …
The Paris climate change agreement should be "progressive and pragmatic" and the accord should deliver "climate justice" to poorer sections and developing nations, India today said ahead of the crucial summit in France's capital. India also said the Paris agreement should provide carbon space to developing nations. Noting that the …
About US$90 trillion in infrastructure investment is needed globally by 2030 to achieve global growth expectations, particularly in developing countries. To achieve this, infrastructure investment needs to be both scaled up, and, due to climate risk, integrate climate objectives. Infrastructure investment has become a core focus of international economic cooperation …
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to under 10 percent of the global population in 2015, according to World Bank projections released, giving fresh evidence that a quarter-century-long sustained reduction in poverty is moving the world closer to the historic goal …
Developed countries committed to mobilise jointly USD 100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 for climate action in developing countries. Five years after the initial commitment was made at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009 and six years ahead of the target date of 2020, this report provides a …
Smart grid technologies support the creation of an increasingly flexible electricity grid, enabling the integration of variable renewable energy. They work by incorporating information and communications technology at all stages of power generation, delivery and consumption, improving reliability and service to end-users. Smart Grids and Renewables: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide …
Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday exuded confidence that the world would appreciate India's dedication towards climate change and the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) which are likely to be announced on October 2. "We are conscious about our duties towards the environment. On October 2, India possibly will declare …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly here on Monday, sought U.S. support to complete United Nations reforms within a fixed time-frame and cooperation for India’s early membership of the Asia Pacific Economic Community, but climate change dominated their hour-long …
NEW DELHI: India on Monday said it will alter its energy mix in a way that renewables will occupy a greater proportion in the future, making it clear that it's willing to take more responsibility in the days ahead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Barack Obama that he …
The pledges that countries are making to battle climate change would still allow the world to heat up by more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit, a new analysis shows, a level that scientists say is likely to produce catastrophes ranging from food shortages to widespread extinctions of plant and animal life. …
LONDON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Over 80 percent of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide in 2015 will need surgery, but less than a quarter will have access to proper, affordable surgical care when they need it, according to a study released Monday by the King's College London. …
The following is the text of the Intervention made by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, at the Second Meeting of the Business Dialogue for COP-21 held at UNFCCC in New York yesterday: The world must incentivize green growth activities as Green Credit instead of …
India will announce on October 2 its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in the lead up to the Paris climate summit in December, the government indicated on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.N. General Assembly that the country’s development goals and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals …
Brazil pledged on Sunday to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 as its contribution to a United Nations climate agreement, but said it will include reductions from past efforts against deforestation to help it reach the target. President Dilma Rousseff presented the country's pledges during a …
UNITED NATIONS – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday pledged $2 billion for a new development fund for poor countries on a U.N. visit showcasing Beijing’s growing global role. Xi’s announcement, made in his first address to the United Nations, follows long-standing criticism from the United States and other developed …
The World Health Organization’s new Noncommunicable Disease Progress Monitor tracks the extent to which 194 countries are implementing their commitments to develop national responses to the global burden of NCDs. The Monitor provides a snapshot of some of the achievements and challenges faced by both developed and developing countries as …
Millions of people across the world will be classed as living below the poverty line when the World Bank makes the largest revision to its global measure in a quarter of a century. The UN has said that 836m people live in extreme poverty The Bank is to raise its …
As world leaders prepare to formally adopt a roadmap to a fairer and safer world, there is growing concern that the drive to end extreme poverty and inequality will fail without major changes to the way aid is delivered and a massive push to improve the data used to measure …
The United Nations is making it easier for companies and people to "offset" their carbon dioxide emissions by investing in clean energy projects in developing countries. The initiative aims to minimize carbon pollution in the short-term as countries wrestle with shifting their energy mix from fossil fuels toward lower-carbon alternatives. …
