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COVID-19: World Bank To Assist Developing Countries Resume Sustainable Growth

Temitope Ponle Oct 7, 2020 0

The World Bank Group has said that it will help developing countries resume growth and respond to the health, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19.President of the bank, Mr David Malpass, in a statement on Wednesday, said it would…

Features

Developed, developing countries now on same level due to COVID-19 – Buhari

John Ogunsemore May 25, 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari says the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has reduced developed and developing countries to the same level.He disclosed this shortly after observing Eid-el-Fitri prayers with his family at the Presidential…

Health & Relationships

WHO says 1 in 10 drugs sold in developing countries fake or substandard

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 28, 2017 0

The WHO says one in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children given ineffective treatments for pneumonia and malaria.In a major review of the…

Business

Developing countries hit by falling remittances – World Bank

Uju Apr 22, 2017

The World Bank on Friday said people working away from home sent less money back to developing countries in 2016 for the second consecutive year.“Officially recorded remittances to developing countries fell 2.4 per cent in 2016 to 429…

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Diaspora remittances to developing countries decline in 2 years – World Bank

Uju Apr 22, 2017

Remittances to developing countries fell for a second consecutive year in 2016, a trend not seen in three decades, says the latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief.The report was released on Friday by the World Bank, at…

Health & Relationships

Cancer Cases on the Rise in Developing Countries – Study

Jumoke Dec 16, 2015 0

A new study sponsored by the American Cancer Society has revealed that the incidence of cancer in developed countries have drastically reduced however this is the opposite in the developing countries where cancer has been on the rise.…