Europe’s wealth disparity was stark in 2024, with several countries facing severe economic challenges. While many European ...

In 2025, 19 of the world’s 20 poorest countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with Afghanistan as the only non-African country on the list.

Support for developing countries should focus on grants and highly concessional loans for the poorest and fragile countries ...

That method meant Madagascar, one of the world’s poorest countries, was hit with a rate of 47 per cent. ... stacked on top of 20 per cent duties Mr Trump already imposed in 2025.

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, ...

The World Bank on Tuesday said developing countries spent a record $1.4 trillion to service their foreign debts in 2023 as interest costs climbed to a 20-year high, squeezing budgets for ...