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Fuel price shock: Why developing economies are paying the most at the pump

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📍 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, PG·🕐 2d ago·2 outlets

When war shut the Strait of Hormuz in February, oil prices soared everywhere. But the pain at the pump has been far from equal, and the world’s developing economies are paying the heaviest price, according to a new report from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development agency.

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[Claude] Report 2 is the same UNCTAD report on developing economies bearing the heaviest fuel price shock from the Strait of Hormuz disruption, with no conflicting facts.

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