Economic Development
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Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert
In separate letters to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, the UN-appointed independent expert on extreme poverty…
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World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon
WHO said that 88 countries have no minimum age at which e-cigarettes can be bought and 74 countries have not implemented…
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Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
The flagship forecast launched in New York on Thursday indicates that last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Hitching a ride to a better future: Sustainable Transport Day
“This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems,”…
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UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty
The new findings from the UNICEF research wing focus on Member States of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and…
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COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change
The report from the UN’s environmental wing, UNEP, also revealed that despite decades of calls for ending finance flows towards sectors…
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World News in Brief: UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua
That’s the message from the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system…
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Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns
“The 2023 Production Gap report is a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message accompanying…
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$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market
The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide…
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General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo
Resolution details The resolution’s full title is the “necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the…
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