Despite West Africa’s enormous investment potential, its integration into the global economy is low. One sign of this is that the region captures only 5% of Africa’s total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)....
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – It is a partly sunny winter’s day and villagers are busy attending to their farmlands or taking a mid-morning break. Abdul Ghaffar, 50, a farmer in Sahilozie village, sits...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WARSAW, 21 March 2017 – Poland’s economic ascent is remarkable, but further reforms are needed to meet citizen’s expectations for faster convergence with the European Union, says the new World Bank report...
Date: March 21, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2017 – A deeper economic integration among Latin American and Caribbean countries will make the region more competitive in international markets and boost long-term growth, according...
Date: March 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysia is one of 17 economies that implemented reforms in the East Asia and Pacific to improve the business climate for local entrepreneurs. It is one of the top performing economies...
Date: December 13, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2016 – A US$300 million World Bank Group program will support Jordan’s efforts to improve the investment climate, attract investors, reform the country’s labor market and grant...
Date: September 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Humanitarian agencies have played a colossal role in providing food and protection for the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan since the Syrian crisis began in 2011....
Date: July 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
VIENTIANE, April 7, 2016 – The growing Lao economy has become increasingly integrated into the global economy through the ASEAN Economic Community and other regional and global trade pacts. Increased...
Date: April 7, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Europe's lingering economic troubles are at the center of global attention and of much heated debate in Poland. Can the European Central Bank print enough money to jump-start the continent's economy? Or...
Date: September 24, 2015
Type: Opinion
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2015—The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today endorsed the Fiscal Year 2016-20 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Serbia. The CPF proposes a World Bank lending...
Date: June 23, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
To make the recovery sustainable, Europe needs to continue reforms to promote exports and investment, create jobs, and protect the vulnerable ZAGREB, June 10, 2015—Economic growth is expected to continue...
Date: June 10, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SHARM El-SHEIKH, June 10, 2015 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim expressed strong commitment to the Middle East and Africa regions today, praising the 26 member countries of the East African Community...
Date: June 10, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2015 — World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit Egypt from June 9 to 11 to reaffirm the Bank Group’s commitment to supporting the country’s development goals. This will be...
Date: June 4, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In a previous post I argued that European economic integration remains a key driver for Turkey’s future economic prospects. Specifically, the Customs Union agreement between the EU and Turkey, which turns...
Date: March 17, 2015
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Turkey is a winner of globalization and economic integration. Opening up to trade and capital flows provided both the engine and the lubricant for Turkey’s economic modernization. In particular, the customs...
Date: March 13, 2015
Type: Opinion
Language: English
At the beginning of this century, Serbia’s economy was suffering from a decade of decline. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2000 was less than half of what it had been in 1989 and industrial output in the...
Date: October 2, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A Ray of Light When the drills stopped turning and the dust had finally settled at the construction site outside Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, on December 4, the silence that followed was just like any other day....
Date: May 7, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
After Almost 20 Years: Report Assesses Economic Impacts and Future Possibilities ISTANBUL, April 08, 2014 – The Turkey-European Union Customs Union (CU) has brought greater benefits than a simple free...
Date: April 8, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2013—The economic growth of the EU11[1] region fell in 2012 and will remain slow in 2013 due to the continued recession in the Euro area and subsiding domestic demand, says the World...
Date: June 13, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
It has been nearly five years since the onset of the global financial crisis and countries throughout the world continue to cope with unflagging economic uncertainty and growing social and economic burdens....
Date: May 24, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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