Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has said it would no longer seek the special treatment given to developing countries in World Trade Organization agreements ...

A man scrolls through his mobile phone to carry out a transaction via M-Pesa in Nairobi, Kenya on May 12, 2009 (Noor Khamis/Courtesy Reuters). Last week on my blog, Democracy in Development, I ...

USAID's green energy programs may have done more "harm" to developing nations than anything else, according to a former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development. "I can’t think of ...

FILE - Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, shakes hands with Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Tianjin, ahead of the annual World Economic Forum New Champions ...

When people think of critical infrastructure, they tend to picture rail networks, hospitals or electricity grids. But one of the most essential everyday technologies is sitting in almost every kitchen ...

The term "Third World" is making headlines. Last week, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that immigrants from poor nations are a burden on the United States. "I will permanently pause ...

According to the OECD, there are only 37 countries belonging to the developed countries list. In contrast, there are 152 ...

In a recently published paper, CU Boulder political science Professor Jaroslav Tir highlights how intergovernmental organizations help end civil wars There’s trouble in Africa, where a protracted ...

Whether you use “Third World” or “Developing” to describe a certain country, both terms mean the same thing: poor. But it didn’t always mean that. During World War I, First World was used to refer to ...

of bonds backed by loans it gave companies across the developing world, part of its efforts to lure more institutional investors to regions where borrowers have a harder time raising cash. The ...