Developing nations are more vulnerable to climate change due to their limited resources, infrastructure, and economic resilience. They are already experiencing the devastating effects of climate ...

Professor Carmen Reinhart will discuss debt in developing nations. External debt is one of the key challenges for developing nations in achieving the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The ...

Developed countries' insufficient financial backing for climate change mitigation could force developing nations to rethink their environmental objectives, warns India's Chief Economic Advisor V ...

The new Agenda calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 15 years. “The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are our shared vision ...

Transport is crucial for the economic and social development of nations. However, it’s also a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countries are now facing the challenge of ...

Good governance is key The fundamental challenge for developing nations, especially in Africa, is the problem of lack of structural reforms, which suppresses economic productivity. Forums like ...

China’s export dominance continued in 2024, but its tensions with trading partners are rising. The country recorded a historic surge in trade barriers during the year, as developing nations raised ...

The global economy is expected to expand at a steady but unimpressive clip this year, leaving dozens of developing nations struggling to escape poverty, hunger and ignorance, according to the ...

In the developing regions, children in the poorest households are four times as likely to be out of school as those in the richest households. In countries affected by conflict, the proportion of ...

This special edition of ITU’s flagship Facts and Figures series coincides with the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This landmark event presents a once-in-a-decade ...

2024, Paper: "Not so long ago, the development community was brimming with optimism on the developing world’s economic prospects. Economic growth was up, extreme poverty sharply down, and there seemed ...

Perhaps nobody could be more pleased by the recent departure of financial institutions from the repugnant Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMI) than the policymakers of developing nations.