…safe to eat. The picture, therefore, is not settled. It is an ongoing debate, and in developing countries where GMOs are making serious inroads, that uncertainty itself becomes a risk. The numbers proponents cite on food security are hard to ignore. In Nigeria, farmers using approved pod-borer-resistant cowpea report h…

…to improving the management of orthopaedic deformities among children and adults in developing countries. He disclosed that Steps2Walk had provided medical supplies and equipment to support the programme while facilitating knowledge transfer between international specialists and Nigerian practitioners. Ugbo drew attent…

…innovation, poverty reduction and infrastructure development offered useful lessons for developing countries. He said a recent technical visit to China’s Yangling High-tech Agricultural Demonstration Zone and Shaanxi Province had strengthened Nigeria’s interest in applying Chinese agricultural technologies to address c…

…China announced that it will provide 5000 artificial intelligence training places for developing countries in the next five years. The signal of these measures is clear: in the field of technical cooperation, China has chosen to take the open source model, low-cost reasoning service and capacity building as the fulcrum…

The World Bank on Tuesday called on developing countries to embrace artificial intelligence technology tools to deliver better governance outcomes, warning that they risked being left behind if they failed to do so. “AI has thrown developing economies a lifeline, and they should seize it,” the Chief Economist of the Wo…

…shocks and a driver of export-led growth. To attract larger investment inflows, she said developing countries must strengthen their business environments, upgrade physical and digital infrastructure, and maintain stable macroeconomic conditions. Okonjo-Iweala added that Africa has a unique opportunity to become a major…

Nigeria and other developing countries risk missing the artificial intelligence revolution unless they urgently embrace and adapt the technology to their local realities, the World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President for Development Economics, Indermit Gill, warned on Wednesday. Gill gave the warning…

…David Malpass has said that repeated currency devaluations are deepening poverty in developing countries, as falling exchange rates drive up the cost of food, fuel and medicine while eroding the value of pay and pensions. He also warned that Nigeria’s growing reliance on […] The post Repeated currency devaluations deep…

…targets were currently on track or making moderate progress, while the financing gap for developing countries continued to widen. Despite these challenges, she maintained that the continent possessed the capacity to shape its own future. “With less than five years remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda, we must act with…

…provides financial products and policy advice mainly to middle-income and creditworthy developing countries. DMO data showed that Nigeria's IDA debt rose from $16.56bn in 2024 to $18.51bn in 2025, an increase of $1.94bn or 11.73 per cent. IBRD exposure also increased from $1.24bn to $1.38bn, representing an increase of…

…Western models. He said the Chinese approach had expanded development options for other developing countries seeking independent paths to modernisation. Yu highlighted four pillars that have underpinned China's progress: independence and self-reliance, a people-centred development philosophy, continuous self-reform, an…

What the report is saying UNCTAD noted that a large number of developing countries continue to face significantly higher borrowing costs than their developed counterparts. The weighted average effective interest rate paid by developed countries stood at 2.2% in 2024. By contrast, about three-quarters of developing coun…

…soil and groundwater, posing serious risks to ecosystems and human health. In many developing countries, weak waste management systems worsen the problem, allowing discarded or damaged batteries to release hazardous materials into the environment unchecked. Dr. Fakunle called for more research to properly assess the sc…