Office of the Chief Economist, South Asia Region

World Bank raises South Asia growth forecast to 6.4% on India demand

World Bank Upgrades Growth Forecast For Fastest-Expanding Region

Sri Lanka is still financially stressed, Franziska Ohnsorge

India risks ‘squandering’ demographic dividend, says World Bank

South Asia's jobs creation lags population growth, says World Bank

South Asia-World bank: Region will be fastest growing in 2024

Infrastructure challenges and economic growth in South Asia

South Asia Chief Economist Franziska Ohnsorge on the region’s outlook

Raising female employment in South Asia, one step at a time

Franziska Ohnsorge & Laveesh Bhandari

Urbanisation vs. tradition: The paradox of female labour force participation ...

Maurizio Bussolo & Jonah Rexer

Empower to prosper: women, jobs, and growth in South Asia

Maurizio Bussolo, Jonah Rexer & Margaret Triyana

Rising Tide, Hidden Rocks: South Asia’s outlook in five charts

Patrick Kirby

How can South Asia unlock its untapped potential?

Martin Raiser

Climate change adaptation: A systematic review in five charts

Jonah Rexer

Jobs for development: Create jobs to jump-start a missing engine of growth ...

Zoe Leiyu Xie

Deceptive strength: South Asia’s outlook in five charts

Patrick Kirby

Toward greater resilience and sustained growth in South Asia

Martin Raiser

Between a rock and a hard place: Averting, or dealing with, sovereign debt ...

Franziska Ohnsorge & Hayley Pallan

Stranded jobs? The energy transition in South Asia’s labor markets

Margaret Triyana

Energy-efficient technology can help modernize South Asia’s economies

Siddharth Sharma