PARIS, July 31 — Economic inequality is the clearest way to predict how countries will fare during a pandemic, a high-profile panel said Wednesday, calling for a rethink in how governments prepare for the next global health crisis. The research, which was published in a prestigious journal and will be presented at a major AIDS…
The gap between South Africans who are financially secure and those struggling to make ends meet is growing, as more workers take on debt and turn to gambling in an attempt to stay afloat, according to the Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor 2026. While some South Africans are building savings and investing for the…
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Varanasi: Maharajganj police in Azamgarh district arrested two youths on Wednesday for selling tractor-trolleys after hiring them from their owners. They divulged they had borrowed and lost huge amounts in online gaming and to clear the debt, indulged in this practice. Police recovered three trolleys sold by them.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Wednesday evening…
Nigeria’s successful negotiation of about $30 billion in Paris Club debt relief was made possible not only by difficult economic reforms but also by a deliberate effort to explain those policies to Nigerians in clear, simple language, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said. Speaking in Abuja at the public presentation of…
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The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday reflected on Nigeria’s economic reform programme under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying public understanding and support were indispensable to the reforms that culminated in the country’s landmark debt deal. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled ‘The…
COLOMBO (July 30): Sri Lanka is in talks with advisory firm Lazard to help with a potential debt buyback as it seeks to improve debt sustainability following its recent restructuring, the country’s director of public debt said. Udeni Udugahapattuwa, director general of Sri Lanka’s Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), told a parliamentary committee last week…
Brazil’s sports betting industry has submitted a report to the government disputing research that associates betting with higher household debt and default rates. Commissioned by the National Association of Games and Lotteries, the document identifies methodological and statistical problems in a study by the National Trade Confederation. The ANJL’s main criticism concerns the CNC’s comparison…
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