Private capital for infrastructure: Resilience amid uncertainty, urgency amid gaps
Stories & Blogs World BankAug 14, 2025(Blog )As the global economy continues to adapt to macroeconomic shifts, infrastructure investment remains a critical driver of job creation, long-term development opportunities and resilience.
Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 14, 2025(News )One year since World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), African countries have scaled up response measures and made progress to curb the spread of the virus.
Exploring How Zambia Can Leverage Energy Transition Minerals (ETM) for Economic Transformation
Stories & Blogs World BankAug 12, 2025(News )Zambia's economy showed resilience in 2024, expanding by 4% despite challenges such as drought and power outages, largely due to growth in the mining sector and services.
WHO donates medical supplies and equipment to boost mpox response.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 03, 2025(News )The handover ceremony took place at the Hastings Treatment Centre, with WHO Country Representative Dr George Ameh officially handing over the supplies to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Mustapha Kabba.
Global public debt hit a record $102 trillion in 2024, striking developing countries hardest
Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 26, 2025(News )Since 2010, developing countries’ debt has grown twice as fast as that of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries spending more on interest payments than on health or education.
Developing countries face record-high public debt burdens. Now is the time for reform.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 26, 2025(News )Rising debt burdens are threatening the world’s already fragile path to sustainable development, warns the UN ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development..
Global foreign direct investment falls for the second consecutive year, posing acute challenges to developing countries.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 19, 2025(News )UN Trade and Development alerts that uncertainty is affecting global investment and warns of the impact insufficient financing has on developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 19, 2025(News )Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 – Temporary recommendations.
Stories & Blogs WHOJun 09, 2025(News )These temporary recommendations are issued to States Parties experiencing the transmission of monkeypox virus (MPXV).
Amid global uncertainties, trade transparency gains heightened significance
Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 03, 2025(News )In times of disruption, efforts are needed more than ever to facilitate global trade, fostering trust, predictability and an enabling environment for development.