A new UN report warns developing countries need $310-365 billion annually by 2035 for climate adaptation, but current financing is only $26 billion, a 12-14 times shortfall. International public ...

France is the latest country to change its criminal code to a consent-based definition of rape, but other developed countries ...

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 ...

Developing countries need substantial adaptation funds, amounting to over US$310 billion per year by 2035, according to a ...

We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and the past 25 years or so have been a tale of two economies when it comes to bridging the gap between the world’s richest and poorest ...

This week, officials from around the world are meeting in Seville for a landmark event in the development policy calendar: the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. The previous ...

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 ...

Newsweek has compiled a list of countries offering financial support explicitly designed to encourage more children.

Awaza, 8 August 2025 – The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) concluded today in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with the adoption of the Awaza Political Declaration, and ...

Norway tops the 2025 Global Retirement Index while the U.S. ranks 21st. See which countries offer the best retirement ...

Whether you use “Third World” or “Developing” to describe a certain country, both terms mean the same thing: poor. But it didn’t always mean that. During World War I, First World was used to refer to ...