Persistent conflicts, high energy costs and technological upheavals will slow global growth and raise prices, the ...

Cholera epidemics are a bellwether of poverty and the breakdown of basic infrastructure, and Cuba’s recent outbreak is no exception. On July 3rd, the Cuban Government admitted that 53 people in the ...

It is hard nowadays to find topics on which people agree. Ironically, though, all agree on one point: that disagreement has reached peak levels. People are united in recognizing that society has ...

Typically called into action when poor countries get mired in debt, the International Monetary Fund will be confronted this ...

NONG BUA HING, Thailand—Boonma Klahan starts her mornings by washing, changing and feeding her 85-year-old mother, who has dementia and spends her days on a mattress on the family home’s wooden floor.

A falling dollar is normally good for the developing world. Because poor countries borrow more in the greenback than rich ones, their debt bills become less burdensome. At the same time, imports ...

The world’s poorest nations, the bulk of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, are receiving less than a third of development aid, and this support is waning, a non-governmental organisation founded by U2 ...

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There is a fierce debate today between those who consider globalization to be a malign influence on poor nations and those who find it a positive force. This debate focuses not just on trade, but also ...

A view of the Doe Run Peru metallurgical plant, which processes metals like gold and silver, in Oroya, Peru, on July 28, 2008David Rochkind / Getty Images Most of the attention on global environmental ...