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Revealed: The cost of the pandemic on world's poorest countries

Revealed: The cost of the pandemic on world's poorest countries

Dec 04, 2020, at 09:19 pm

New York: More than 32 million of the world’s poorest people face being pulled back into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, leading UN economists said on Thursday, highlighting data showing that the pandemic is likely to cause the worst economic crisis in decades among least developed countries (LDCs).

Global foreign direct investment halved amid pandemic, but China remained resilient

Global foreign direct investment halved amid pandemic, but China remained resilient

Oct 27, 2020, at 07:01 pm

New York: Foreign direct investment (FDI), a bellwether of globalisation and economic confidence, fell by 49 per cent to $399 billion in the first half of 2020, amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report from the UN trade and development organization UNCTAD showed on Tuesday.