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Don’t Applaud The Climate Summit’s Loss And Damage Fund Deal Just Yet – It Might Not Warrant That Standing Ovation

December 9, 2023

Some countries like the Philippines have been hit by repeated climate change-fueled disasters. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Shortly after the opening…

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Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc On Economic Growth Prospects

June 18, 2020

The world is about to experience the deepest recession in decades, World Bank forecasts reveal. The shocks due to COVID-19 pandemic are expected to plunge the global economy into the…

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The Economies Most Reliant On Trade

June 10, 2020

These countries rely the most on trade, according to the data from the World Bank. The World Bank defines trade as the sum of exports and imports of goods and…

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Singapore Among The Leaders In Ease Of Doing Business

October 4, 2019

The World Bank recently released Doing Business 2019, a flagship report which compares business regulation among domestic firms across 190 economies. The following are the 10 best and worst economies…

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