The respected Our World in Data estimates global population at just 5mn 12,000 years ago, 230mn in the year zero, 1bn in 1800, 3bn in 1960 and 8bn today. As for the future, the UN forecasts a global ...

Once one of the richest places on Earth per person, this small nation seemed unstoppable. Massive natural resource exports created incredible wealth and government spending soared. But when the money ...

The average American household will pay an extra $1,300 in 2026 due to Trump’s tariffs, up from $1,000 in 2025, according to a study this month from the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan think tank in ...

According to AMRO, the optimistic outlook reflects Vietnam's increasingly prominent position in regional supply chains, ...

WITH less than five years left before the 2030 deadline, the Asia-Pacific region—including the Philippines—remains off track in meeting most of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to ...

Africa's growing reliance on International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans is gaining traction as governments battle with ...

Private sector investment declined significantly. In June 2024, private investment stood at 24 percent of GDP, but by June ...

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In a dataset where every country shows positive year-over-year growth, the Philippines is the only country where AI adoption ...