South Asia region’s economies continue on a recovery path, with production and export having recovered to pre-COVID trend levels. But the recovery has been uneven across countries and sectors, and significant...
South Asia region’s economies are beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID levels but some labor-intensive services sectors and...
The economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are facing complex challenges. In the eastern part of the region the task of governments is to orchestrate a coordinated crisis response. The collapse of...
The economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are facing complex challenges. In the eastern part of the region the task of governments is to orchestrate a coordinated crisis response. The collapse of...
Against the backdrop of a weakening global economy and volatility in international financial markets, countries of the Europe and Central Asia region (ECA) are transitioning to a new normal. Oil-exporting...
Against the backdrop of a weakening global economy and volatility in international financial markets, countries of the Europe and Central Asia region (ECA) are transitioning to a new normal. Oil-exporting...
Aging of populations and convergence between developed and developing countries in per capita incomes are shaping the evolution of saving, investment, capital flows, and, in particular, the cost of capital...
The aim of this edition of global development horizons is to build scenarios for the global economy over, roughly, the next two decades, with special focus given to saving and investment. Developing countries'...
This paper analyzes the evolution of sovereign credit ratings in the wake of the global financial crisis by studying changes in actual, shadow, and relative ratings between 2008 and 2012. For countries...
This newsletter includes the following headings: overview; global indicators; United States (U.S.) green shoots; slack conditions in Japan; gross domestic product (GDP) mark-down in Euro area; industrial...
Some of the headings included in this issue of The external environment for developing countries newsletter are as follows: (i) overview; (ii) global indicators; (iii) United States; (iv) Japan; (v) Euro...
This newsletter includes the following headings: overview; global indicators; United States (U.S.) green shoots; slack conditions in Japan; gross domestic product (GDP) mark-down in Euro area; industrial...
Some of the headings included in this issue of The external environment for developing countries newsletter are as follows: (i) overview; (ii) global indicators; (iii) United States; (iv) Japan; (v) Euro...
After an impressive acceleration in growth and poverty reduction since the mid-1990s, many African countries continue to register robust growth in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Will this...
The aim of this edition of global development horizons is to build scenarios for the global economy over, roughly, the next two decades, with special focus given to saving and investment. Developing countries'...
The world economy is in the midst of a transformative change. One of the most visible outcomes of this transformation is the rise of a number of dynamic emerging-market countries to the helm of the global...
The world economy is in the midst of a transformative change. One of the most visible outcomes of this transformation is the rise of a number of dynamic emerging-market countries to the helm of the global...
Indicators suggest global gross domestic product (GDP) to decline again in first quarter of 2009. Given the synchronous nature of the downturn the nexus of decline in business investment, exports, and...
Indicators suggest global gross domestic product (GDP) to decline again in first quarter of 2009. Given the synchronous nature of the downturn the nexus of decline in business investment, exports, and...
This newsletter includes the following headings in graphical format: industrial countries; industrial production; international trade; oil prices; non-oil commodity prices; international finance; and currencies.