Migration flows into the world’s rich economies are slowing down, according to an OECD report published on Monday. Although overall numbers remain historically high, permanent migration to OECD ...

From glittering alpine lakes to the neon-lit skylines of East Asia, here are the world’s richest countries, according to research by UBS. From the thunderous canyons of Utah to the misty peaks of ...

The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader ...

Qatar has been ranked among the world’s richest countries in 2025 , securing fifth place in a list dominated by high-income nations, according to data compiled by World Atlas using IMF GDP-per capita ...

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There are several ways to measure how rich a country is. GDP per capita. Household income. Household wealth. The percentage of the population that lives above a certain income level. The Economist has ...

Year after year, the small, densely forested west African nation of Liberia is facing ever more extreme impacts of the climate crisis, including floods and droughts that wreak havoc for farmers and ...

Gold mining operations recently restarted at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex in western Mali after being shut down for several months. In January, the Malian government started blocking exports from the ...

A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of aging. The worst consequences of this demographic shift, per the World Bank, are economic. Soon the shrinking working population in the U.S., Canada, or ...

UN climate conferences are primarily announcement summits. For 30 years, industrialized countries, which are primarily responsible for the climate crisis, have been promising that they will reduce ...