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IMF economist sees only ‘transitory’ bump in inflation from U.S. stimulus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion U.S. stimulus plan could trigger a temporary bump in consumer prices, but…

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Europe aims to get vaccinations back on track after clearing AstraZeneca shot

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) - Europe pushed to get its COVID-19 vaccination drive back on track on Friday after EU and British…

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Gaps Remain in Countries Readiness to Deploy COVID-19 Vaccines

Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more than 120 countries’ readiness to safely distribute vaccines WASHINGTON, March…

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Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government’s advisory panel on coronavirus measures approved on Thursday a plan to let the state…

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First Digital goes live as Israel’s first new bank since 1978

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - First Digital Bank, the first new bank in Israel since 1978, started operations on Sunday on a…

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Three lessons that past global crises can teach us about today’s pandemic

By Matthias Helble, Aimee Hampel The 1918 flu, World War II and the Great Depression all provide important lessons for dealing with…

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Shaping Africa’s post-Covid recovery: A new eBook

While most African countries have been largely spared so far from the direct health effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, the…

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Why aren’t students in Asia getting the education they need?

By Kirsty Newman, Elisabetta Gentile Local decision makers, civil society, teachers, and parents need to be engaged with and driving reforms if…

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Weaving a sustainable future for indigenous students

By Lynnette Perez In the southern Philippines, a culture-based senior high school program is serving the Tboli community with an innovated…

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Integration into global value chains can reduce child labour

By 2025 the UN aims to have eliminated child labour, a practice that affects roughly 10% of the world’s children…

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