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Global Monitoring Report 2012 — Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals
April 20, 2012—The developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal mortality still unacceptably high, says the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012. Read more
Weekly Brief: The up-tick in market tensions following recent bank downgrades, partial nationalizations and elections have caused CDS rates to rise sharply. (May 24, 2012) Read more
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Global Economic Prospects
The World Bank says that global growth is now projected at 2.5 and 3.1% for 2012 and 2013, respectively.
Commodity Markets
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 4.7 percent in May, in part due to dollar appreciation against major currencies early in the month.
Migration and Remittances
Leveraging Migration for Africa: Remittances, Skills, and Investments fills important knowledge gaps on African migration, remittances, and diaspora
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