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The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement cuts R13-billion from social grants, including child support and SRD grants. These reductions will worsen poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability to gender-based violence. Restrictive verification processes exclude eligible recipients, while claims of fraud are used to justify cuts despite available public resources.

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Taiwo Oyedele, says economic reforms like subsidy removal prevented a deeper crisis despite current hardship and high food infl Read More: https://punchng.com/economic-reforms-prevented-deeper-hardship-in-nigeria-says-oyedele/

Regiunea București-Ilfov se află în topul zonelor UE cu cea mai mare creștere a PIB pe cap de locuitor în perioada 2019-2024, potrivit Eurostat, alături de regiuni din Irlanda, Malta și Franța. În același timp, România este reprezentată și în partea de jos a clasamentului, cu regiunile Sud-Muntenia și Sud-Vest Oltenia, care au înregistrat scăderi de două cif

Le dichiarazioni del presidente dell'Associazione Pesca Professionale "Mimmo Grosso"

Pentagonul intenţionează să dezvolte un program de spionaj secret mai solid decât cel pe care îl are în prezent, destinat să ducă un război economic împotriva Chinei şi altor competitori ai Statelor Unite, conform Washington Post, relatează joi EFE.

The Trump administration’s policies could cost Republicans in a state that is being hit hard by expensive diesel prices and uncertainty over trade.

Kremlinul a confirmat că Rusia și SUA discută viitorul activelor din străinătate ale gigantului petrolier rus Lukoil, supus sancțiunilor, evaluate la aproximativ 22 de miliarde de dolari, pe fondul extinderii negocierilor economice dintre Moscova și Washington, alături de eforturile de a pune capăt războiului Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei.

<p>THE World Bank’s Reclaiming Momentum Towards Prosperity report presents a sobering reality: poverty has climbed back to 25.3 per cent on the national line; and close to 45pc of Pakistanis fall below the bank’s new $4.20-a-day threshold.</p> <p>Stabilising our way into deeper poverty has exposed the limits of conventional macroeconomic management. Speaking

An editorial on how Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability under Tinubu’s reforms has not translated into shared prosperity, with citizens facing high costs. Read More: https://punchng.com/economic-stability-must-become-shared-prosperity/

During their meeting in Abu Dhabi, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and United Arab Emirates President&nbsp;Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the inking of three agreements on energy cooperation, water cooperation and disease vector control.

The introduction of a tax on outbound travel could be postponed if economic conditions are inappropriate, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).

Asian economies have adapted to war-driven energy disruptions more effectively than anticipated, despite their heavy reliance on the Middle East for fuel.

The US' latest move comes six months into a war with Iran that has left peace talks stalled and the Strait of Hormuz blocked.