Efforts to address climate change can cost billions of dollars, often making them out of reach for poorer nations, which have contributed far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than developed countries. As a result, financing has emerged as a potential flash-point issue this year as global climate discussions gain momentum.
By Alice C. Hill & Madeline Babin
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The vision of African ownership of its challenges and solutions was realized by default in the recent past. The role of Western states in African problems virtually evaporated during the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States and the Brexit crisis in the United Kingdom.
View More Africa’s Boom and Bust Cycle Threatens Three Decades of Relative Peace and Prosperity
The crux of the crisis relates to its Doing Business Index, which ranks the ease of opening and operating companies in 190 countries. In September 2021, an investigation alleged that senior leadership at the bank manipulated the index’s data in response to pressure from China and Saudi Arabia.
View More Scandal involving World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ index exposes problems in using sportslike rankings to guide development goals
If you want to visit Naga homeland administered by India’s Nagaland state and receive a “Special discount package” from the total tour cost as offered…
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Hardening its stand on peace talks with the government, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim has said its position on the demand for a separate Naga national flag and constitution is unchanged.
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In the U.S. and Europe, China is widely recognized as a rising star that threatens Western power. But research on the country suggests China may no longer see itself that way, writes Andrew Latham.
View More Rethinking the US-China fight: Does China really threaten American power abroad?
Breaking Post, Pandora Papers leak: The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund hold their annual meetings in the Czech Republic.
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Western dominance is gradually fading, and with it the primacy of force over law is returning. The world is shifting away from Westernization. What should Europeans do?
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