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COVID-19 spread halts developing nations' GDP catch-up

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INTERNATIONAL

Amid fears of another COVID-19 wave in high-income nations, developing nations are struggling to control the first wave

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

Investing in people is key to a sustainable recovery

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INT

The pandemic has damaged human and social capital; both are key to economic prospects but under-recorded in GDP accounts

Debt crisis risks are growing in many emerging markets

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EMERGING MARKETS

Many emerging markets, whether eligible for the G20 debt relief schemes or not, could follow Sri Lanka into debt default

Prosperity and sustainability show little correlation

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INT

The mismatch between economic prosperity and environmental sustainability impedes national and global climate action

Large African economies to shoulder migration burden

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AFRICA

Political volatility will drive African asylum-seekers to rich states, but overall migration is mainly intra-continental

The emerging markets recovery will be fragile

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INT

Economic disruption has lasted longer for EMDCs than for advanced economies and China; this will hinder their prospects

Economic policymaking to dominate amid many elections

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INT

WEF global risks report says that tech and climate risks are most feared globally but economic fears dominate nationally

Middle East displacement is a looming COVID-19 threat

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MIDDLE EAST

Years of conflict have left a large and acutely vulnerable refugee population, across scores of camps and crowded cities

Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap