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A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the worlds biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Chinese Debt Trap: China’s Loans Pushing World’s Poorest Countries to Brink of Collapse.

The Digital Divide Hurts Women in Poor Countries The United Nations recently released a report stating that nearly 90% of young women and adolescent girls

The Singh-Summers panel looking to reform the IMF and World Bank must contend with muscular Chinese tactics and the pathologies of US politics, apart from the usual inertia

The goal of this FMCBG meeting was to deliberate on the progress made by the various work streams of the G20 Finance Track on the deliverables that were tasked to them by the ministers and governors in February

MARKET WRAPS Watch For: EU retail trade; trading updates from OMV, Norwegian Air Opening Call: European shares are expected to rise on Tuesday following the long Easter weekend. In Asia, stock benchmarks advanced; the dollar edged lower... | 12:17am

TEL AVIV-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he was retaining his defense minister, two weeks after firing him in a decision that amplified widespread protests amid concerns that it would undermine the country's ability to confront a ... | 05:52am

Subscribers: Please note that the Indian Morning Briefing will no longer be published after Thursday, April 13. Other briefings with similar content will continue to be published, including the Asian Morning Briefing around 2100 GMT and the EMEA Mornin... | 11:17pm

Counting the poor is the first step towards alleviating their plight

The idea that the rich require the poor in order to sustain wealth on the back of cheap labour is a fallacy and complete misconception.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Ghana’s creditors to hasten to grant the financing assurances needed promptly so the Board of the Bretton Woods institution can approve the cocoa, gold and oil-producing West African country’s $3-billion extended credit facility to restore economic stability to the nation. “We're calling on…