A sustainable path to development has
profound consequences for all economic activities and
related policies. The mining industry, which provides input
to almost every...
Despite global economic volatility,
growth in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) was
resilient during 2018, and in the first quarter of 2019. The
growth outlook...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136340Date: April 23, 2019
More than two-thirds of world trade
occurs through global value chains (GVCs), in which
production crosses at least one border, and typically many
borders, before final...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136044Date: April 15, 2019Author:
World Bank ;
World Trade Organization
With slowing global growth and
increasing uncertainty clouding the global economic
prospects,the Europe and Central Asia region faces a more
challenging context than...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135841Date: April 5, 2019
South Asia remained the fastest growing
region in the world last year, but growth remained driven by
domestic demand – and not exports – which resulted in
another year...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135953Date: April 1, 2019
After mediocre growth in 2018 of 0.7
percent. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is expected
to perform only marginally better in 2019 (growth of 0.9
percent) followed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135847Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Vegh Gramont,Carlos Alberto ;
Vuletin,Guillermo Javier ;
Riera-Crichton,Daniel ;
Puig,Jorge Pablo ;
Camarena, José Andrée ;
Galeano,Luciana Maria ;
Morano Germani,Luis Francisco ;
Venturi Grosso,Lucila
This report recommends that China
maintain the goal and direction of its healthcare reform,
and continue the shift from its current hospital-centric
model that rewards...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135662Date: March 28, 2019
Urban population growth is in full
stride in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it has done less to reduce
poverty than might be expected. Despite its high urban
growth, Sub-Saharan...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135651Date: March 28, 2019Author:
Hommann,Kirsten ;
Lall,Somik V.
Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford
the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet
aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away
from a simple...
Type: PublicationReport#: 134795Date: March 20, 2019Author:
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Fay,Marianne
In a modern world with rapidly growing
international trade, countries compete less on the
availability of natural resources, geographical advantages,
and lower labor...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135234Date: March 14, 2019Author:
Kellermann,Martin
In a modern world with rapidly growing
international trade, countries compete less on the
availability of natural resources, geographical advantages,
and lower labor...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135234Date: March 12, 2019Author:
Kellermann,Martin
Access to reliable electricity is a
prerequisite for the economic transformation of economies in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially in a digital age. Yet
the electricity...
South Asia’s economy has grown rapidly,
and the region has made a significant reduction in poverty.
However, the available jobs for the growing working
population remain...
Type: PublicationReport#: 134845Date: February 24, 2019Author:
Artuc,Erhan ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Robertson,Raymond ;
Samaan,Daniel
Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford
the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet
aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away
from a simple...
Type: PublicationReport#: 134795Date: February 19, 2019Author:
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Fay,Marianne
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal
phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social
strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common,
under-recognized, underestimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133765Date: January 15, 2019Author:
World Bank
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal
phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social
strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common,
under-recognized, underestimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133765Date: January 15, 2019Author:
World Bank
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal
phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social
strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common,
under-recognized, underestimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133765Date: January 15, 2019Author:
World Bank
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal
phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social
strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common,
under-recognized, underestimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133765Date: January 15, 2019Author:
World Bank
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal
phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social
strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common,
under-recognized, underestimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133765Date: January 15, 2019Author:
World Bank
Global economic prospects have darkened.
Financing conditions have tightened, industrial production
has moderated, and trade tensions remain elevated. The
recovery in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133493Date: January 8, 2019
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