The managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgievastated this Thursday that the global growth by 2024 will be slightly stronger than expected due to robust activity in USA and several emerging economies. This will be stated in a speech he will deliver this morning at the Atlantic Council think tank – which was […]
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World Bank raises its Peruvian GDP growth projection to 2.7%
On the contrary, it reduced its estimate for the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean to 1.6%, as a result of a critical situation. Price of the dollar in Peru today: what is the exchange rate for this Wednesday, April 10 Schedule of salary and pension payments for April: see the collection dates via […]
Foreign investment in Mexico reaches US$39 billion thanks to nearshoring
The rise of relocation strategies for chains such as ‘nearshoring’ today positions Mexico as the second country in Latin America that more foreign direct investment (FDI), only behind Brazilaccording to the latest figures from the World Bank (WB), in which the Mexican country receives more than US$ 39,000 million. One of the sectors that is […]
World Bank: a third of Peruvians were poor in 2022
According to the last update in March 2024, the World Bank declared that poverty in our country reached 32.2% and the vulnerability line was 39.4%. In that sense, approximately 7 out of every 10 Peruvians found themselves in a situation of poverty or vulnerability. This reveals that until now both levels remain above pre-pandemic figures, […]
Poverty in Peru: World Bank places this indicator at 32.2% in 2022
According to the latest update from the World Bank, poverty in Peru, at the end of 2022, covered 32.2% of compatriots, while 39.4% of Peruvians were located in the line of vulnerability. The first indicator remains above three points compared to 2019 and the second above two points, also in reference to the pre-pandemic period. […]
World Bank estimates damage to vital Gaza infrastructure at US$18.5 billion
He World Bank (WB) maintains that the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas has caused some US$18.5 billion in damage to vital infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave of Loopaccording to a report released Tuesday. This is equivalent to 97% of the combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the occupied Palestinian territories of the […]
France and the US want development banks to finance nuclear energy
France and USA They lead an initiative for international financial organizations to intervene so that development banks finance the development of the nuclear energy, which requires enormous and very long-term investments. This proposal will be one of the priorities of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at the summit on nuclear energy organized on Thursday in […]
World Bank: equality between men and women is a distant goal
The economic parity between men and women It is still a very distant objective that no country, not even those with more advanced economies, has achieved, according to the most recent report from the World Bank (WB) on Women, business and legislation. In this edition, the WB took into account broader criteria than it had […]
The volume of waste in the world will continue to grow, warns the UN
The volume of waste in the world, which in 2023 was 2.3 billion tons, could increase by more than 60% in 2050 if urgent measures are not taken and have serious health and economic impacts, warned on Wednesday the UN. At this rate, current waste (excluding industrial and construction waste) is expected to reach 3.8 […]
Global economic growth is at its lowest level in the last 40 years, says WB
The president of the World Bank (WB), Ajay Banga, assured today that global economic growth is currently at the lowest level in the last 35 or 40 years due to the wars of Loop and Ukraine, in addition to tensions in the Red Sea. Within the framework of the World Government Summit (WGS), a forum […]