HARARE, June 21, 2017 - Resolving the ongoing financial crisis and sustaining growth in Zimbabwe will require bold measures to correct fiscal imbalances, according to a World Bank report released today. ...
Date: June 21, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Washington, March 16, 2017—In order to support Colombian government efforts to maintain fiscal sustainability and accelerate productivity growth, the World Bank Board of Directors approved today a new...
Date: March 16, 2017
Type: Press Release
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
Outlook The Update expects Sri Lanka’s GDP growth to remain unchanged in 2016 and grow marginally over 5.0 percent in 2017 and beyond driven by public and private investment (including the resumption of...
Date: October 27, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Excerpts from an interview with Carlos Piñerúa, World Bank Country Manager for Croatia and Slovenia for Nacional weekly, published on September 27, 2016. Nacional: Another election is behind Croatia....
Date: September 28, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
BRUSSELS, September 27, 2016 – Economic growth increased in Southeast Europe in the past year, and has begun to reduce high unemployment rates, according to the latest World Bank South East Europe Regular...
Date: September 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ZAGREB, April 26, 2016 — Today, Cyril Muller, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, completed his first visit to Croatia, where he and Arup Banerji, World Bank Regional Director for...
Date: April 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
JERUSALEM, April 18, 2016 – A new World Bank report estimates that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is losing US$285 million in revenues annually under the current economic arrangements with the Government...
Date: April 18, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, the six countries comprising South East Europe (SEE6) - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia - have struggled...
Date: September 28, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
SARAJEVO, September 28, 2015—Economic activity in the six South East European countries (SEE6[1]) is picking up speed, and growth in the region is expected to average 1.8 percent in 2015, compared to only...
Date: September 28, 2015
Type: Press Release
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
Austerity versus growth. This has been—and still is—an intensely debated in Europe (and elsewhere). But, ultimately, with related decisions (to be) taken in dynamic and global contexts being far more complicated...
Date: May 18, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
The political and security transition continues to take a heavy toll on Afghanistan’s economy. The World Bank Afghanistan Economic Update April 2015 notes that economic growth in Afghanistan has slowed...
Date: May 2, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2015 – Faced with weaker export prospects, an impending rise in global interest rates, and fragile financial market sentiment, developing countries need to rebuild fiscal buffers...
Date: January 7, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
World Bank Board Approves Second US$3 Million Operation WASHINGTON, November 14, 2014 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$3 million for the Second Economic Support Development...
Date: November 14, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Kosova Sot: What happens if the budget does not get approved this year? Jan-Peter Olters: There are emergency provisions in Kosovo's legislation that give the authorities a little extra time to finance...
Date: October 22, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
New World Bank report recommends shift to more sustainable growth model ANKARA, June 2, 2014 - The World Bank today launched a new report, Turkey in Transition: Time for a Fiscal Policy Pivot? (PDF), at...
Date: June 2, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PODGORICA, March 26, 2014 – World Bank Country Director for Southeast Europe, Ellen Goldstein, paid a visit here today to announce the preparation of two innovative programs. Expert teams are in...
Date: March 26, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BUJUMBURA, December 19, 2013 — Burundi will need to mobilize more domestic revenues and improve its budget transparency in order to reduce poverty more significantly, boost jobs and opportunity,...
Date: December 19, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The latest SEE RER can be found here: Insuring for the Future: Mitigating Impacts of Natural Disasters in South East Europe Following a double-dip recession in the South East Europe (SEE)...
Date: June 18, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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