'Another tough year': UN warns debt crisis and low investment threaten to undermine sustainable development in 2024

Cecilia Keating
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A house destroyed by a hurricane in Florida | Credit: iStock

Latest edition of UN's flagship economic report presents sombre economic outlook for near term and urges countries to cooperate to boost flows of climate finance

The United Nations has raised the alarm that 2024 is set to be "another tough year" for the global economy, as weakening trade, high borrowing costs, elevated public debt, low investment, and mounting...

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