In this article, we’ll list countries that will be the most underdeveloped heading into 2024. If you want to skip our overview of the regions where poverty and underdevelopment prevail, read 10 Least ...

The global financial position has remained stable since the April 2024 world economic outlook update from the IMF. According to the IMF July 2024 update, global economic growth is expected to be at ...

Out of approximately 195 countries, there are 152 developing countries in the world. An estimated 6.74 billion people in total live in these developing countries; an outstanding number when comparing ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Alden Meyer, a senior consultant at E3G, an independent climate ...

A joint research team in computer science, economics, and geography has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology to measure grid-level economic development within six-square-kilometer ...

New funding sources urgently needed as planet teeters on critical nature and climate tipping points World leaders must make good on CBD COP15 promise to fund biodiversity action through the Global ...

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2025—Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest gap ...

While energy is clearly the path to national development, given their role in the climate crisis, should developing countries be allowed to develop them? It is beyond a doubt that the countries that ...