IN speaking on this subject, I am conscious of great diffidence. I know little of industry, and still less of undeveloped countries; on both, many of my hearers could instruct me. I have therefore not ...

Even after an annual increase in aid, developing countries are facing a huge shortfall in the money they need to adapt to the impacts of our overheating planet. The gap is estimated to be as high as ...

July 20 (UPI) --In a global situation made even worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, three-quarters of the world's population struggled last year to meet basic needs and the vast majority lived in ...

Next month in Geneva, a unique confrontation will begin between the prosperous and the poor nations of the world. For twelve weeks, 1,500 finance ministers, foreign ministers, economists and assorted ...

Liberia boasts abundant natural resources, including gold, diamonds, leather, and timber. However, both its informal and regulated economies face significant developmental hurdles, with 55% of ...

With no effective treatments for COVID-19 and a vaccine at least a year away, the main strategy for controlling the pandemic so far has focused on community-based interventions, such as lockdowns and ...

IN the worldwide trade-and-aid war, U.S. shortcomings and mistakes are well known, thoroughly publicized. But is the Russian economic-aid program to underdeveloped countries an overwhelming success?

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln “Great men ...

Eritrea’s authoritative governance and military conscription policies hinder its progress, limiting human capital by restricting spending on R&D, education, and employment sector reforms. With limited ...