POLITICAL dynasties lead to market imperfections such as poor competition, a Filipino economist said. “Easing the cost of doing business can only help reduce market imperfections if the market power ...

BEIT EL, West Bank -- The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last ...

Project 2025’s call for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Bank would be a strategic mistake, as it would allow America’s competitors to gain a historic victory. The World Bank needs ...

President Donald Trump put a month-long pause on his planned tariffs on Canadian imports. Earlier in the day, though, he ...

Explore why VUCA is outdated and how BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible) offers a more accurate lens for ...

Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of ...

A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the Vatican bank ...

China is suffering from deflation, devaluation, capital flight and the loss of foreign investment — all at the same time.

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called ...

According to the World Bank and ADB’s projections, the Bangladesh economy will likely have the lowest economic growth since the Covid-19 pandemic. Lower GDP growth has economic, social, and political ...

Over the first 10 years of the 21st century, developing economies were growing at historically fast rates. That has since changed.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is replacing fact checking on the platform with a feature called Community Notes, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday in rolling out a raft of ...