The Arab Spring revolutions started in Tunisia, when a young fruit and vegetable seller, supporting eight people on less than a dollar a day, set himself on fire. Yet six years from the Arab revolts, Tunisia...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
COLOMBO, June 29, 2017— Sri Lankan Government led reforms to improve competitiveness, maintain macro-fiscal stability and strengthen institutions, with broad support in the country, are key to robust economic...
Date: June 29, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In May 2014, three months' worth of rain fell on Serbian soil in just five days. More than 20% of the population was affected and large swaths of agricultural land was destroyed. The largest coal-mining...
Date: March 29, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Infrastructure as growth policy Today, Indonesia constitutes the world’s 10th largest economy. With over 260 million people spread across 17,000 islands, a modern and efficient infrastructure is vital...
Date: January 31, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, December 12, 2016 – Following three consecutive quarters of slowing economic activity in 2016, Mozambique’s GDP growth for 2016 is estimated at 3.6 percent down from 6.6 percent in 2015. The...
Date: December 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Workers start their day at 6 am at the construction site of the 460-meter-high skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, which is set to become the tallest building in Vietnam once completed. Vietnam is growing...
Date: November 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When Branko Drcelic was appointed head of the Serbian Public Debt Administration (PDA) in 2012, he had his work cut out for him. He was determined to build a best-in-class, market-competitive public debt...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
PRETORIA, September 22, 2016 – South Africa has made significant progress to improve the financial risk management of its public debt portfolio thanks to a tailor-made model designed to analyze...
Date: September 22, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2016—Ghana today received support from the World Bank to strengthen its institutional capacity in domestic revenue mobilization, public investment management, debt management, and...
Date: August 30, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PRETORIA, August 17, 2016 – A downgrade of sovereign credit ratings to sub-investment or 'junk' status has a negative effect on public borrowing costs, according to a recently released World...
Date: August 17, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, May 3, 2016 - After several consecutive years of accelerating growth, Mozambique’s economic performance eased to its slowest pace since 2009, whilst the economy remains increasingly exposed to...
Date: May 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Internal relations in Serbia’s vast public sector space are so complicated it takes a genius to unravel them. One could also say that it took some quite inventive minds to create them, ostensibly for their...
Date: February 29, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
The analysis and management of a country’s debt portfolio are critical not only for maintaining macroeconomic stability. They also mobilize long-term resources for the country’s development and help create...
Date: June 16, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Honorable Congressman Alfredo Benitez, Honorable Mayors Mr. Del de Guzman, Mr. Jed Mabilog Ms. Cecilia Alba, Secretary General, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Ms. Ana...
Date: August 27, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
On April 10th, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank staff co-chaired the 8th meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Sudan’s external debt during the 2014 IMF–World Bank Group Spring...
Date: April 28, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are on track to help relieve 39 countries of approximately US$114 billion in debt through two programs designed to help poor nations free up resources...
Date: December 16, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2013--World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today issued the following statement on the agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling: "This is good news for developing countries and...
Date: October 16, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Kuwait City, May 29, 2013 – A new project will strengthen Kuwait’s commercial law and regulation to be more responsive to the needs and aspirations of market participants and bring up to regional and international...
Date: June 3, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
New Year festivities are around the corner. A magic time is, once again, upon us when people put behind the disappointments of the past to eagerly embrace a better promise of the next year. This time,...
Date: December 27, 2012
Type: Opinion
Language: English
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