Kyiv, June 7, 2017 – Ukraine needs to improve people’s skills to boost productivity and make the country more competitive, according to a new World Bank report launched in Kyiv today. Skills for a Modern...
Date: June 8, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Economic and policy developments The Philippine economy remained resilient to global headwinds in 2016. While a slower-than-expected global recovery weakened net exports, surging domestic demand pushed...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – The World Bank’s Executive Board of Directors today approved $25 million in financing to help job seekers and micro-entrepreneurs in Mongolia access labor market opportunities.
Date: April 27, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Skopje, 06 April, 2017 – Countries in the Western Balkans are growing at a faster pace than in 2015, with regional growth projected to be 2.8 percent in 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017, according to the latest...
Date: April 6, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
VIENNA, April 4, 2017 – The Western Balkans region created 300,000 additional jobs between 2010 and 2016, or an overall increase in employment of about six percent. This is good news, but the rate of increase...
Date: April 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BANGUI, March 22, 2017 – The scene is a familiar one for anyone who has traveled to the Central African Republic. With pickaxes or shovels in hand, men and women, the young and not so young, wearing...
Date: March 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Piotr is 48 years old and has been working for the past two years at a car rim factory in the south of Poland, near the Ukraine border. The work is quite hard, he says, but at least it’s stable – the factory...
Date: March 20, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BOLGATANGA, March 13, 2017 – Throughout Ghana’s dry season, community members in the country’s disadvantaged districts can be seen actively participating in the rehabilitation of their community’s...
Date: March 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Yunnan Province, on China’s southwestern border, is well known for its beautiful natural landscape and rich ethnic culture. Yet it is also one of the country’s poorest provinces. Its per capita GDP in...
Date: March 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
GAMBORONGO, March 8, 2017─Azunne Asakiboba is a native of Gamborongo, a community in the Bongo district located in the upper east region of Ghana. At about 65 years old, she is the sole breadwinner of...
Date: March 8, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NILI DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – The wind is blowing, carrying the first chill of autumn to the village isolated by towering mountains. It is early morning in Meshe Payan village and a shepherd guides...
Date: March 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Asma, an Omani social worker, recently shared a touching story. It was the story of a woman who, after a number of legal battles, had agreed to her husband’s terms for divorce, including how she would...
Date: March 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Job creation needs to be central to Tajikistan’s development priorities, highlights new World Bank report DUSHANBE, February 14, 2017 - A new report by the World Bank highlights Tajikistan’s need...
Date: February 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SHAHRISTAN DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – An elderly man, with dusty shoes, walks along the rocky road, carrying a package on his back. The road twists around the mountain, amidst views of mud-brick houses....
Date: February 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Putting the right people in the right place is part of business management ‘101,’ an idea that, these days, applies equally to the private and the public sectors. Our recent report on economic mobility,...
Date: January 24, 2017
Type: Opinion
Language: English
An hour and a half flight to the west of the capital Astana brings you to the Aktobe oblast (region) of Kazakhstan – where you will find yourself at the intersection of air, rail, and highway routes leading...
Date: January 5, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Reforming the Service Sector can further drive growth BANGKOK, December 19, 2016 – Thailand’s economy is expected to grow at 3.1 percent in 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017, up from 2.8 percent last year,...
Date: December 19, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, December 6, 2016 – Over the past decade, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world with growth averaging 10.9%. Despite recently facing the worst drought in...
Date: December 6, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
DAKAR, November 1, 2016 – Farming has and continues to be a pivotal economic activity in Senegal, employing 49.5% of the Senegalese population. The agricultural sector contributes 12 to 15% of...
Date: November 1, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
My visit to the Philippines this month has been a window into the country’s vibrant culture and dynamic economy -- currently the fastest-growing among major East Asian countries. In the first half of 2016,...
Date: October 27, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
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