The World Bank is throwing out some warnings today in its latest report titled Global Economic Prospects. The Bank says that a couple of factors could plunge the world economy back into a recession much like the hard one we experienced in 2008.
The factors that could hurt include the slowing of growth for individual nation economies; especially in the developed world.
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Comments Off2009 poverty figures for the United States will be released by the census bureau this week. The year 2009 was right in the middle of the global recession so there is expected to be a big increase in those living in poverty.
Posted in Global Recession, World News Tags: Blow, Census Bureau, Consensus, Democrats, Demographers, Economy, Global Recession, Jobs, Msnbc, News Conference, Political Ramifications, Poverty Figures, Poverty Rate, Poverty Trends, Press Article, Rate Increase, United States, US, White House, White House News Comments OffAnother report on how the global recession has hurt funding for AIDS prevention comes today from the United Nations. The head of the UN-AIDS says that money to fight the disease has dropped for the first time in 15 years.
Posted in Aids, Global Recession Tags: Aids Prevention, Austerity, Billion Dollars, Donors, Economic Recession, Global Commitment, Global Fund, Global Recession, Google, Governments, Hiv, Hiv Prevention, Hiv Treatment, Prevention Treatment, Priorities, Second Guessing, Tokyo Press, Unaids, United Nations, United Nations Agency, Universal Access Comments OffAnother sign of how few available jobs are out there comes from a report from the International Labor Organization. The ILO says that the jobless rate for youth is at an all time high.
Posted in Global Recession Tags: Australian Broadcasting Company, Available Jobs, Cambodia, Developing Countries, Economist, Extreme Poverty, Formal Sector, Global Recession, Global Unemployment, Ilo Report, International Labor Organization, Jobless Rate, Jobless Youth, Karon Snowdon, Poverty Trap, Security Safety, Snowdon, Social Security, Unemployment Rate, Wages Comments OffAnother new report gives us good news about the African economy. The African Development Bank says that economic growth on the continent will return to pre-global recession levels.
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