This document presents a summary of the key steps, concepts, and processes observed in recent sovereign debt restructurings undertaken in the context of an IMF-supported program, in particular those restructurings...
Type: ReportReport#: 200811Date: April 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
Industrial production increased by 8.6 percent y/y in March 2025, compared to 4.8 percent y/y in March 2024, driven by apparel, electronics and machinery. The PMI entered expansionary territory (50.5)...
Type: BriefReport#: 200799Date: April 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
Debt-related risks have increased. Public debt levels in low-income countries (LICs) and emerging markets (EMs) were already high before the COVID-19 pandemic and have increased further due to the pandemic....
Type: ReportReport#: 200809Date: April 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
Georgia has made impressive economic progress over the past two decades, achieving strong and resilient economic growth and development despite numerous external and domestic shocks. This Fiscal Incidence...
Type: ReportReport#: 200787Date: April 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Western Balkans Regular Economic Report highlights the significant impact of extreme climate events on labor markets in the region. Rising temperatures, heavy precipitation, and other severe weather...
Type: ReportReport#: 200783Date: April 23, 2025Author:
Rossi, Isolina ;
Record, Richard ;
Sidarenka, Maryna
In low-income countries, formal health systems are stretched thin, and rural and underserved areas often lack adequate primary healthcare coverage, delaying essential interventions and leaving populations...
Type: BriefReport#: 200713Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Nigeria assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Nigeria perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 200764Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Nigeria assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Nigeria perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 200764Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Cashews are Côte d’Ivoire’s second most important export commodity after cocoa, and a crucial source of cash for smallholders and processors in the poorer north of the country. From 380,000 tons in 2010,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200703Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Of the 37 million inhabitants of Uzbekistan, 49 percent lived in rural areas in 2024 - and the rural population is growing faster than the urban population. Agriculture is a key economic sector, accounting...
Type: BriefReport#: 200705Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Thailand's economic activity showed mixed signals in February. A sharp contraction in private investment offset steady consumption and strong exports due to rising uncertainty. Goods exports remained a...
Type: BriefReport#: 200700Date: April 22, 2025Author:
Puthong, Warunthorn Milk
The Caribbean region faces a growing youth employment challenge, as outdated infrastructure and limited digital skills continue to constrain economic opportunities and resilience. For much of the last...
Type: BriefReport#: 200704Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and updates...
Type: ReportReport#: 200723Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Economic growth and job creation remain key challenges for Jordan, where the economy has only grown by an annual average of 2.5 percent over the past decade. Unemployment is persistently high (22.3 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 200712Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Indigenous Peoples and their lands play a vital role in protecting forests and biomes from deforestation, conserving biodiversity, and regulating climate balance. However, they face centuries of marginalization,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200257Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Kenya faces a growing youth employment challenge, with nearly 80 percent of its population under 35 working in informal, low-quality jobs that offer little security or opportunity for advancement. About...
Type: BriefReport#: 200769Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The tourism and hospitality sector are a key driver of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth, and a major source of foreign reserves and jobs: the sector has the potential to add 168 billion dollars in...
Type: BriefReport#: 200702Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
While the Philippines has been one of the most dynamic economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, with gross national income (GNI) per capita more than tripling, and poverty declining sharply...
Type: BriefReport#: 200706Date: April 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
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