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Rising global food prices set off alarm bells
International prices of food increased by 4% between January and April 2014 putting an end to a downward trend sustained since August 2012.
Denmark, Portugal, and Spain leading the world in wind power
Germany and the United Kingdom both have enough potential wind generating capacity to be 100% wind-powered.
ILO shows the need of quality jobs to boost economic growth
Countries that invested the most in quality jobs from the early 2000s grew nearly one percentage point faster every year since 2007 than other developing and emerging economies.
IMF’s Lagarde tells the banking sector what’s what
Financial reform progress is still “too slow” primarily because of “fierce industry push back,” explains the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
A global view on social safety nets
Even though globally social safety nets are at the scale to cover most among 1.2 billion extreme poor, only 345 million extremely poor people are in fact covered by them.
A global picture of the downfall of the plastic bag
Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute.
The world’s economies in one chart
The state of the world’s economies according to the International Comparison Program (ICP), coordinated by the World Bank, offer numerous other insights into the global economic situation.
Climate change in 2015 – an economic imperative
Could the make-or-break 2015 Paris Climate Conference produce a clearer picture of the economic cost of climate change?
WTO says trade growth on the right path
The World Trade Organization raises its forecast for growth in global trade, which is showing some positive signs.
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