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The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts

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Commodity prices are projected to experience a slight downturn in 2024 and 2025 but are expected to remain above pre-pandemic levels. Energy prices are expected to decline by 3 percent in 2024, as notably lower prices of natural gas and coal offset higher oil prices, followed by a further decline of 4 percent in 2025. Agricultural prices are expected to ease as well in this year and next amid improved supply conditions. Metal prices are set to remain steady in 2024, before rising slightly in 2025. Although the price forecasts assume no further conflict escalation, risks remain tilted to the upside, stemming from the possibility of conflict in the Middle East and its consequent impact on energy supplies.

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Banking on Women Who Trade Across Borders

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“Banking on Women Who Trade Across Borders” underscores the critical need for genderrepor-cover-banking-on-women-who-trade-across-borders equality in international trade and trade finance. Despite the documented positive impacts of women-owned businesses on economic growth and poverty reduction, a significant gap remains in understanding how international trade intersects with female participation, particularly in accessing trade finance. Drawing from interviews across Africa and Latin America, the report explores the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs and proposes solutions.

 

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Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System

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Recipe for a Livable Planet is the first comprehensive global roadmap for mitigating the agrifood system’s contributions to climate change. It shows how the agriculture system that produces the world’s food can cut greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to feed the world.

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World Bank Group Aims to Expand Health Services to 1.5 Billion People

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Focus on improved affordability, expanded geographic reach, increased scope of services

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2024—The World Bank Group today announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030. This is part of a larger global effort to provide a basic standard of care through every stage of a person’s life—infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

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New malaria vaccines will save lives. How can we ensure a sustainable rollout? We need to change the way we support refugees – now !

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Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as20007346656_7436a61a7f_k_1140x500.jpg part of its routine immunization program, with Burkina Faso joining just yesterday. This follows successful malaria vaccine trials in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi where over 2 million children participated in evaluating RTS, S – one of two WHO-recommended vaccines to fight malaria.

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Despite the War, Ukraine Continues Providing Necessary Health Services to Patients

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Nina, a middle-aged woman from Chernihiv, Ukraine, was experiencing shortness of breathua-health-services-2023-kf-780 and could barely walk.

“I would walk two meters and didn’t have the strength anymore. Now, it’s easier to breathe,” says Nina.

Nina’s heart problems were appropriately diagnosed, and she received care at the Chernihiv Oblast Hospital in the fall of 2022.

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Success Story: Development Finance International Inc. (DFI)

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Bridging Business and Development with Netherlands’ Partners

Among DFI’s proudest accomplishments are our long-term partnerships with Dutchdfintl_newblue organizations to address development needs and support sustainable business in emerging markets globally. 

Since DFI’s inception 30 years ago, and continuing through this day, DFI has worked closely with several Dutch corporate clients, The Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC (and around the globe) and international funders such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and other public, private and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to tackle the most pressing challenges in critical areas including food security and sustainability, healthcare, climate change, and science and technology, among others.  

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