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15 Aug 2025

Cadres of the Nepal Communist Party march in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 15, 2025, against the multi-million US dollar development pact, the MCC. Nepal formally ratifies the 500 million USD Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in 2022. The House of Representatives ratifies the MCC Nepal Compact with what it calls an ''interpretative declaration.'' In nearly 20 years since its inception, MCC compacts help alleviate poverty around the world by forming partnerships with developing countries committed to economic freedom, investing in their citizens, and good governance, including promoting democratic principles and combating corruption. The Government of Nepal signs the MCC agreement in 2017 after determining its goals to modernize Nepal's energy and transportation sectors with the hope of helping more than 23 million Nepali.

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#12646443

15 Aug 2025

Cadres of the Nepal Communist Party march in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 15, 2025, against the multi-million US dollar development pact, the MCC. Nepal formally ratifies the 500 million USD Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in 2022. The House of Representatives ratifies the MCC Nepal Compact with what it calls an ''interpretative declaration.'' In nearly 20 years since its inception, MCC compacts help alleviate poverty around the world by forming partnerships with developing countries committed to economic freedom, investing in their citizens, and good governance, including promoting democratic principles and combating corruption. The Government of Nepal signs the MCC agreement in 2017 after determining its goals to modernize Nepal's energy and transportation sectors with the hope of helping more than 23 million Nepali.

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#12566027

19 Jul 2025

Underage workers work in a local printing factory for clothes in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2025.

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#12541345

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August) speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on July 9 in New York City.

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#12541347

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August) speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on July 9 in New York City.

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#12541340

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations speaksa about the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August)speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters On July 9 in New York City.

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#12541341

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations speaksa about the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August)speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters On July 9 in New York City.

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#12541342

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August) speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on July 9 in New York City.

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#12541344

9 Jul 2025

Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August) speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on July 9 in New York City.

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#12541337

9 Jul 2025

Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August)speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters On July9 in New York City.

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#12541338

9 Jul 2025

Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August)speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters On July9 in New York City.

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#12541339

9 Jul 2025

Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UN-OHRLLS) on the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3, Awaza, Turkmenistan, 5-8 August)speak at a press conference at the UN Headquarters On July9 in New York City.

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#12454543

8 Jun 2025

A woman sits in front of her house in a slum area of Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 8, 2025. The World Bank raises the international poverty line as of June 2025, following an adjustment based on the 2021 purchasing power parity (PPP), which increases the threshold to US$3.00 per capita per day. Previously, under the 2017 PPP, the poverty line for low-income countries is set at US$2.15 per capita per day.

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#12420312

28 May 2025

A worker takes a break at a shipbreaking site on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 28, 2025.

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#12392640

21 May 2025

Workers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 21, 2025, are in the business district during rush hour. According to the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker), the number of layoffs (PHK) in Indonesia as of May 20, 2025, reaches 26,455 people. This figure represents an increase of 2,419 individuals over the past month, compared to the report on April 23, 2025, which records 24,036 people affected by layoffs. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects Indonesia's unemployment rate to exceed 5 percent in 2025, making it the second-highest unemployment rate among developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, after China.

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#12392643

21 May 2025

Workers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 21, 2025, are in the business district during rush hour. According to the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker), the number of layoffs (PHK) in Indonesia as of May 20, 2025, reaches 26,455 people. This figure represents an increase of 2,419 individuals over the past month, compared to the report on April 23, 2025, which records 24,036 people affected by layoffs. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects Indonesia's unemployment rate to exceed 5 percent in 2025, making it the second-highest unemployment rate among developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, after China.

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