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From a Catholic point of view, there is good reason to look askance at some of the “false promises” coming out of Davos, including the idea that better technology and the economic system as it is can deal with global poverty, inequality and care of creation.

A top U.S. Bishops’ Conference committee chairman has endorsed a letter Catholic leaders in Puerto Rico have sent to Congress, urging them to grant Puerto Rico the same nutrition assistance benefits that U.S. states receive.

IMF And World Bank Annual Meetings | Global Finance Magazine

Multiple attendees at the International Monetary Fund’s meetings this week cautioned that the wholesale tightening now risks inflicting a shock to a world economy already on edge as war rages in the Middle East.

Group of 20 finance leaders made no mention of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in their communique on Friday, highlighting the deep divisions in the group since Russias invasion of Ukraine... -October 13, 2023 at 08:34 am EDT - MarketScreener

Middle East News: The G20 economies did not mention the conflict between Israel and Hamas in their communique, sparking questions about the forum's role. The communique

There was no reference to the crisis in Gaza, where Israels military on Friday told more than 1 million people to relocate south as it amassed tanks for an expected ground invasion after Saturdays devastating attack by militant group Hamas, , G20’s Finance Ministers Meet Communique

Failure to mention the violence revealed deep divisions roiling the G20, says Eric LeCompte

Group of Twenty (G20) economies made no mention of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in a communique on Friday, raising new questions about the role of a forum split by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. The text, agreed by G20 finance leaders gathered&#x2...

'We're all just very much taken aback by the magnitude of the casualties on both sides,' says Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's managing director of operations