Developing countries
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Technology
AI offers developing economies a lifeline amid weak global growth – World Bank
KAMPALA, August 4, 2026 — Artificial intelligence [AI] could enable developing countries to achieve in a decade what might otherwise take a century, provided governments move quickly to address gaps in electricity,…
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News
Developing countries’ debt outflows hit 50-year high during 2022-2024
KAMPALA, December 3, 2025 — Developing countries paid out US$ 741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest…
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News
The 8th High-Level Economic Growth Forum set for late August 2024
KAMPALA, August 27, 2024 – The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development [MFPED] in partnership with the International Growth Centre [IGC] will host the 8th High-Level Economic Forum from August 29-30, 2024…
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International
Developing countries paid record US$ 443.5bln on public debt in 2022-World Bank
WASHINGTON, Dec 14, 2023— Amid the biggest surge in global interest rates in four decades, developing countries spent a record US$ 443.5 billion to service their external public and publicly guaranteed debt…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COP26: UK Premier tells world to plant a trillion trees by 2030 to fix the air
UNITED KINGDOM – The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on Monday, called on the world to plant a trillion trees by 2030, as it is the only non-technical way to “fix the…
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