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US wants World Bank to give more support to poorest nations 13 Apr 2019 - 07:31 pm
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India's Jet extends international cancellations as airline teeters 13 Apr 2019 - 04:57 pm
Jet Airways employees hold placards and banners during a protest demanding to
Dutch sweets giant probes 'attack' on Bangladesh factory workers 12 Apr 2019 - 08:00 pm
A file photo published on the iuf.org website, of workers protesting for the right to unionise
No Uber, no problem: Brazil app drives into Sao Paulo's no-go zones 11 Apr 2019 - 09:00 pm
Brazilian Alvimar da Silva (R), creator of the JaUbra (Uber of slum) private transportation service, poses next to his daughter Aline Landim in Brasilandia, northern outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 27, 2019. AFP / Miguel Schincariol
Benin eyes video gaming in play for jobs and development 11 Apr 2019 - 08:08 pm
Sidick Bakayoko, president of the Benin Game Jam jury. Photo courtesy: AbidjanPress
New IMF chief David Malpass says world needs faster economic growth to curb poverty 10 Apr 2019 - 01:21 am
David Malpass speaks in front of the World Bank on his first day as the new president of the bank in Washington, DC on April 9, 2019.  AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
Pad Women: the all-female business easing period poverty in Sri Lanka 09 Apr 2019 - 11:17 pm
A woman makes a sanitary pad at the Sinidu Factory in Kithulwatte, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 13, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Smriti Daniel
Fighting online child abuse gets boost from eBay billionaire at UK forum 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: An eBay sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California, May 28, 2014. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach
Almost half UK companies failed to narrow gender pay gap 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham North Carolina, May 9, 2016.  AFP/Getty Images North America/Sara D Davis
First female boss vows to shake up Bangladesh's fashion factories 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
A worker hangs clothes to dry on the roof of a garment factory in Dhaka in this June 15, 2005 file photo. Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman
StanChart to pay $1 billion to end sanctions probes 09 Apr 2019 - 06:20 pm
File photo: Bobby Yip/ Reuters
Remittances to developing world hit record in 2018: World Bank 08 Apr 2019 - 11:35 pm
A money changer counts Turkish lira bills at an currency exchange office in central Istanbul, August 21 2015. Reuters/Murad Sezer
US 'not satisfied yet' in China trade talks 08 Apr 2019 - 11:35 pm
A container is transferred at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province in eastern  China on July 6, 2018.  AFP
India's cash crunch is weighing on financial health of firms 08 Apr 2019 - 10:00 pm
In this photo taken on March 25, 2019, Indian residents leave a clothing shop at the Kadherpettai wholesale textile market in the south Indian city of Tiruppur. AFP / Arun Sankar
Modi's rivals see India election gain hitting PM on economy 08 Apr 2019 - 10:00 pm
Indian labourers stitch apparel in the tailoring section of a textile production unit in the south Indian city of Tiruppur on March 25, 2019. AFP / Arun Sankar
Development-bank climate funds seek new dollars, as competition heats up 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
A thermosolar power plant, partly funded by the CIF, is pictured at Noor II near the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, November 4, 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal
In US first, Minneapolis rethinks housing density to make homes cheaper 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Housing advocates hold a public-outreach event in Minneapolis, USA, on September 11, 2018. Handout photograph courtesy of Neighbors for More Neighbors
Thailand ramps up fight against forced labour with stricter law 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha