GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product, which measures a country's goods and services produced yearly. Its population must also be considered to get a clearer picture of how rich or poor a country is.
In 1996 the IMF and the World Bank launched an initiative aimed at reducing the debt burden for some 41 heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), whose total debts amount to about 10% of the Third World ...
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In an interview with The Mirror, Debbie Abrahams said: "We're not a poor country, we have poor people in it and I think we can do a lot better." The new chairwoman of the Work and Pensions ...
Globally, countries imposed five times as many new trade barriers last year as in the decade before the pandemic. Amid this less hospitable climate, poor countries trying to advance into the ranks ...