From the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi to Niger and Liberia below are 10 of the poorest countries in the world. The economy of Central African Republic is largely dependent on the export of ...

While global economics can sometimes seem boring, at its core lies the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This figure represents the total income earned by a country’s people and businesses, ...

This piece originally appeared in the Financial Times. The world’s poorest countries are in a development crisis and need greater access to affordable financing (Opinion, October 1; and Letters, ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs are set to hit some of the world’s poorest nations the hardest, putting their labor-intensive export industries at risk and diminishing ...

Developing nations facing worsening debt crisis Debt service is eating up liquidity, curbing development New initiative calls for collective relief Global multilateralism in jeopardy as US, UK pursue ...

Extreme weather fuelled by the climate crisis has cost some of the world’s poorest countries $156bn (£116bn) across the past two decades, The Independent can reveal. “If the UK suffered tens of ...

The world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations are facing a “tidal wave” of record debt repayments to China, a new report has said. China has emerged as a major lender of financial assistance to ...

The World Bank announced Thursday that it has raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion ...

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are set to hit some of the world’s poorest nations the hardest, putting their labor-intensive export industries at risk and diminishing one of the US’s biggest ...

Even though South Sudan has rich oil reserves, this landlocked state is home to around 15 million people is a prime example of the "resource curse". Even though South Sudan has rich oil reserves, this ...