World Bank sets goal of expanding healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030

The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries deliver affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to remote areas, cutting fees and other ... Read More

World Bank sounds alarm on 'historical reversal' of development for poorest nations

Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World Bank ... Read More

World Bank Group Aims to Expand Health Services to 1.5 Billion People

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2024 —The World Bank Group today announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030. This is part of ... Read More

Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?

The IMF, which usually cannot lend to countries with unsustainably high debts, has been unable to do much. Yet on April 16th it made a move. It said it would lend to countries that have defaulted on ... Read More

The world is on fire — here are 4 economic ways to put it out

Lawrence H. Summers was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001), chief economist of the World Bank (1991-93), director of the U.S. National Economic Council (2009-10), and president of Harvard ... Read More

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Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

15 Dishes The Poorest People From Around The World Eat To Survive

Each corner of the globe carries its own unique food cultures and dietary practices that reflect socio-economic conditions ... Join us, as we tour around the world to uncover the daily ... Read More

World Happiness Report: Young people in the West becoming unhappier

People under the age of 30 are experiencing the equivalent of a mid-life crisis in some parts of the world, a new report ... same as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic. Finland occupies ... Read More

The 10 Largest Economies in the World

Indeed, the strength of the U.S. economy following the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a marvel to many economists and world economic experts ... from U.S. News, global survey respondents ... Read More

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April 12, 2024 • Money makes the world go around, faster and faster all the time. At Planet Money, a multimedia team of reporters tracks down the economists, investors and regular folks who are ... Read More

Viral ad campaign challenges perceptions for World Down Syndrome Day 2024

"The message really says a lot," Tevlin told CBS News. "It's impactful and powerful to so many people out there in the world." Italy's CoorDown partnered with the National Down Syndrome Society in ... Read More

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But it is his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic – which he called “a ... despite Brazil registering one of the highest death tolls in the world, and repeatedly said he would not receive ... Read More