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Rising Argentina poverty brings long-term challenges

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ARGENTINA

Urban poverty rose from 40.1% in the first half of 2023 to 41.7% in the second, with indigence up from 9.3% to 11.9%

EU population is becoming more urban

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EU

Trend for people to move to towns and cities is gaining momentum now in Central-Eastern Europe

Urban-rural divide is growing in main EU countries

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EUROPE

Regions throughout Europe’s largest economies are being left behind by cities

Zimbabwe faces worsening interlocked crises

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ZIMBABWE

Zimbabweans face acute economic and social pressures as the impact of drought and rising living costs take hold

Africa may face uncontrollable COVID-19 crisis

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AFRICA

In just over a month since the first infection, the COVID-19 virus has spread rapidly across the continent

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Ethiopia faces risk of destabilising Amhara insurgency

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ETHIOPIA

With the war in Tigray still not fully resolved, another war threatens to erupt around Amhara region

EU air quality laggards are all Eastern

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EU

Air quality has improved throughout the EU, except in five Eastern member states where it was worse in 2014 than in 2001

Insufficient infrastructure risks dampening global GDP

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INT

The world needs to spend almost 100 trillion dollars on infrastructure by 2040, equivalent to five times US GDP

EU regional aid leaves non-metropolitan regions poor

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EU

Several eastern capital regions exceed the EU average for GDP per capita but poorer regions are being left behind