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Under the updated rules, companies bidding on international civil works contracts—such as the construction and maintenance of transportation and energy infrastructure—must ensure that 30% of labor cost is local.
Slovenia has announced a 30% increase in its contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), reinforcing its commitment to supporting the world's poorest countries.
The report, Radical Debt Transparency, shows that while the proportion of low-income countries publishing some debt data has grown from below 60% to more than 75% since 2020, only 25% disclose loan-level information on newly contracted debt.
Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies—a key propellant of economic growth and higher living standards—have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade and investment barriers.
As conflicts have become more frequent and deadly in the 2020s, these economies are falling behind all other economies in key indicators of development, the analysis finds.
The partnership agreement, signed by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, formalizes multiple engagements between the two institutions over the last year, and marks the World Bank Group’s first concrete step to reengage with nuclear power in decades.
Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3 percent in 2025, nearly half a percentage point lower than the rate that had been expected at the start of the year.
Domestic food price inflation remains high in most low- and lower-middle-income countries.
