The poor world has, in short, experienced a brutal decade. Development agencies have responded by pouring cash into education and health care, in a form of emergency triage.

President Donald Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs are set to hit some of the world’s poorest nations the hardest, putting their labor-intensive export industries at risk and diminishing one of ...

Speaking for nearly 50 of the poorest nations of the world, Evans Davie Njewa of Malawi was more mild, expressing what he called reservations with the deal.

A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most u… ...

The World Bank warned in a new report that poor countries will be stuck in economic “purgatory” without debt relief.

Many countries are grappling with severe poverty, showcasing the economic challenges they face. From the world's youngest country to a nation with strong ties to India, these countries struggle ...

Many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries have done little to cause climate change, yet they are experiencing extreme heat waves, floods, and other climate-related disasters.

Countries in AP’s analysis had as much as 50% of their foreign loans from China and most were devoting more than a third of government revenue to paying off foreign debt.

A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most u… ...