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Debt management and swaps

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Least developed countries (LDCs)

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Climate change is pushing the poorest countries further into debt. Can insurance fix it?

Ritu Bharadwaj
09 May 2023

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World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Isatou F Camara
06 April 2023

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Trade and sustainable development

June 2022 - June 2024

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Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate

13 September 2023

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Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt

07 September 2023

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Resilient prosperity in SIDS: forging a new finance compact

Tom Mitchell
29 August 2023

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Transforming nature finance

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Climate-vulnerable indebted countries paying billions to rich polluters

10 July 2023

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Transformational change is needed in the adaptation finance landscape for LDCs and SIDS

Tina Stege
06 July 2023

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Reform the global financial system to support transformational adaptation

UnaMay Gordon
03 July 2023

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Paris finance summit makes minimal progress on debt

23 June 2023

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