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Why going “all in” on active mobility is a sure bet for sustainable development

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
June 4, 2025
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Every year on United Nations World Bicycle Day (June 3), we celebrate the transformative benefits of the bicycle. At the World Bank Group headquarters in Washington, DC, staff from across the institution gathered in the main atrium—as per a growing tradition—to recognize the tremendous contribution the bicycle can make to the World Bank’s mission of ending extreme […]

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US seeks to weaken global development finance efforts, UN document shows

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
May 6, 2025
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The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed. The Trump administration opposes draft reforms of the world’s financial system intended to help developing countries, including around taxation, credit ratings […]