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Finance and Economy
Trade Growth to Slow Sharply in 2023 as Global Economy Faces Strong Headwinds
The new WTO forecast estimates world GDP at market exchange rates will grow by 2.8 per cent in 2022 and 2.3 per cent in...
Agri-business
Global Food Prices Drop for Fifth Month on the Trot
World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago.
The UN’s food...
Agri-business
Bangladesh Plans for Food Security; Set to Import Rice from India, Vietnam; Wheat from Russia
Officials say that the exports are to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices. The country anticipates a fall in the production of rice following...
International Funding
War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend
The rivalry between the United States and China – a growing trading partner and investor in numerous developing nations – fuels the distancing demonstrated...
Climate change
New World Records: More Weapons than Ever. And a Hunger Crisis Like No Other
Conflict is still the biggest driver of hunger, with 60 per cent of the world's hungry living in areas affected by war and violence....
Governance
Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy
The US spent a whopping $44.2 billion on nuclear weapons. China was the only other country crossing the ten billion mark, spending 11.7 billion...
Agri-business
A Closer Look at India’s Wheat Export Ban
Since the Indian decision to ban wheat exports may lead to an upward spike in the global price level, several countries and leading global bodies like...
Accountability
Elections: A Global Ranking Rates US Weakest Among Liberal Democracies
Our new research report provides a global assessment of the quality of national elections around the world from 2012-21, based on nearly 500 elections across...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...