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Opinion: Lack of Trade Finance a Barrier for Developing Countries

By Roberto Azevêdo
Up to 80 percent of global trade is supported by some form of financing or credit insurance. Yet in many countries there is a lack of capacity in the financial sector to support trade, and also a lack of access to the international financial system. Therefore the ability of these countries to use simple instruments such as letters of credit is limited.

Opinion: World Leaders Lack Ambition to Tackle Climate Crisis

By Dipti Bhatnagar and Susann Scherbarth
World governments expect to agree to a new global treaty to combat climate change in Paris in December. As the catastrophic impacts of climate change become more evident, so too escalates the urgency to act.

Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa

By Haidee Swanby and Mariann Bassey Orovwuje
The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population.

Global Summit Urged to Focus on Trillion-Dollar Corruption

By Carey L. Biron
New analysis suggests that developing countries are losing a trillion dollars or more each year to tax evasion and corruption facilitated by lax laws in Western countries, raising pressure on global leaders to agree to broad new reforms at an international summit later this year.


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