GENEVA: A growing number of Europeans are living in "relative poverty", the UN labour agency said Wednesday, warning that a lack of quality jobs worldwide was threatening to undo decades of progress in poverty reduction.
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sunday that its second in command was on a two-day visit to Iran for discussions on economic developments.
BOGOTA: Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in slave-like conditions -- and now is also being blamed for a malaria outbreak.
ISLAMABAD: The number of broadband subscribers in the country crossed 26 million and the broadband penetration has increased the from less than 3% to over 15%.
MOSCOW: Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 3.7 percent in 2015 as the country's energy-dependent economy reeled from low oil prices, the state statistics agency said on Monday, citing preliminary data.
WASHINGTON: The tide of Middle East refugees should boost European economic growth over the short term, but their longer-term impact will depend on efforts to integrate them, the IMF said Wednesday.
BEIJING: China's gross domestic product (GDP) totaled more than $10 trillion in 2015 and the economy grew by around 7 percent, with the services sector accounting for half of GDP, Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: India's economy grew by 7.4 percent year-on-year in the last quarter, official figures showed Monday, outperforming China and giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a boost following a recent election drubbing.
WASHINGTON: Despite increasing fears Pakistan gross domestic product growth (GDP) is expected to grow 4.5 percent in the current fiscal year, the World Bank said in an assessment.
ISLAMABAD: Despite recent optimism surrounding Pakistan's economy, the country is facing an "existential crisis" stemming from its woeful tax collection rates and inability to finance itself, a report said Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has made promises, on more than one occasion, to spend four percent of its GDP for education, but the commitment never materialized for various reasons.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Trade and Commerce Khurram Dastagir Khan has said that Pakistan is looking for new markets for services export, ARY News reports.
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has pointed out in its second quarterly report that the weaknesses in the national economy still persist, ARY News reports.
KARACHI: Pakistan's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 5.7 per cent in 2015, according to a report in the prestigious magazine The Economist.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has begun chasing wealthy tax-dodgers who enjoy lives of extravagance and luxury, but revenue officials face huge challenges in trying to force the very richest -- and most influential -- to pay up.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani exports to the European Union increased by more than a billion dollars after a landmark trade deal last year which made its products more competitive, the commerce minister told AFP.