Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam

Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years

Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?

Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19

World Cancer Day 2023: Indian children with the disease are in dire straits; here is why

Children with cancer in India grapple with lack of awareness, adequate treatment and low survival rate

COP27 impact: What does the loss and damage fund mean for Majuli’s Salmora potters?

Riverbank erosion due to climate change and government measures to deal with it are both affecting the Assam community

Simply Put: Free trade

Africa’s obesity epidemic: Children, adults to rapidly pile up the pounds in coming years, says new report

Nine of the 10 countries with the highest expected increases in obesity are low- or lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia

Uncertain economy: ‘Green goods’ grew last year despite a slowdown in global trade, says UNCTAD

Trade stagnated for Q1 of 2023, but second half of year shows promise; underdeveloped and developing countries performed poorly

Debt of emerging markets & developing economies rose by 178% from 2008-2022: Report

The Global South is staring at a debt crisis, but the “Common Framework” created to provide debt relief has serious shortcomings

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?

Most nations signed up to an agreement to establish a so-called loss and damage fund last year

Getting out of fossils

Quickly ramping up cheaper finance should be JET-P’s focus so that the new energy future is clean

Why the world needs a new wave of migration

Migrants would sustain the developed countries’ economy in the near future as their working population hits record low

Time to reform UN Security Council, Bretton Woods system outdated: Guterres

Can’t ignore vast majority of countries suffering a deep financial crisis, UN Secretary-General says at G7 meet