One out of every six dollars the world's poorest governments received in revenue in 2024 went straight to foreigners in the form of debt service, per a new analysis from Debt Justice. Why it matters: ...

According to Global Finance Magazine’s Economic Data ranking of the Poorest Countries in the World 2025, vast inequalities ...

President Trump’s tariffs barrage has landed the heaviest blow on the very nations that global trade was supposed to help: poor countries. For decades, the U.S. and other rich countries have granted ...

The arc of history, wise people have assured us, bends towards justice. But this year it has taken a very circuitous route according to many of the global aid agencies. Rich nations have cut off ...

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 ...

Continuing St. John Paul II’s mission from the 2000 Jubilee, a U.S.-based jubilee network is partnering with international aid organizations to provide debt relief for the world’s poorest countries ...

A new United Nations report released yesterday on World Refugee Day has found that a huge proportion of the world’s refugee population is currently found in poorer countries, despite misconceptions ...

Most of the attention on global environmental issues goes to climate change, and not without reason. The carbon dioxide we’re adding to the atmosphere — where carbon-concentration levels have almost ...

It might seem that malnutrition is a problem only in poor countries. But “all countries face at least one form of malnutrition,” according to the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, which ...

Poorer countries have traditionally enjoyed favorable trade terms. Reporters Jon Emont and Alexandra Wexler wrote about why the president’s tariff barrage has moved in the opposite direction. A: For ...

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 ...