As Malaysia strives to become a
high-income economy, the need for advanced and specialized
skills will be crucial to maintain its economic
competitiveness. Sophisticated...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 189306Date: April 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global economic activity registered
resilient growth in early 2023 but is losing momentum.
Advanced economies growth slowed less-than-anticipated
inearly 2023 as tight...
Twelve years into a devastating civil
war, a one-in-two-century earthquake devastated northwestern
Syria. The 7.6 Richter scale shock was the deadliest in
Syria after...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 184744Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The World Bank’s teams have
been resorting to the use of a mix of standard tools and
innovative geospatial and remote-based data sources (e.g.,
nighttime lights,...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 180907Date: March 17, 2023Author:
World Bank
Global growth has slowed markedly,
edging closer to falling into recession. Meanwhile, growth
in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, excluding China
rebounded, diverging...
Now moving into its twelfth year, the
conflict in Syria has inflicted a devastating impact on the
inhabitants and the economy. Beyond the immediate impact of
the conflict,...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 172268Date: June 9, 2022Author:
Zhao,Luan ;
Redaelli,Silvia ;
Jamali,Ibrahim ;
Varkey,Sherin ;
Almelhem,Ali Ibrahim ;
Hisou,Ola ;
Ou,Deyun ;
Kanth,Devarakonda Priyanka ;
Friedman,Casey Katriel Roth
After a strong start in early 2022, the
largest COVID-19 wave in two years and resulting mobility
restrictions have disrupted China’s growth
normalization. The...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 172382Date: June 1, 2022Author:
Chowdhury,Ibrahim Saeed ;
Li,Yusha ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Ge,Jun ;
Alawode,Abayomi A. ;
Tatucu,Radu ;
Yan,Yi ;
Wang,Dewen ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Xu,Zhenyang ;
Lydia Kim;Kim,Ypsse ;
Ou,Deyun ;
Huang,Yang ;
Xiao,Yuan ;
Seong,Joonkyung
The Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM)
consists of two parts. Part 1 presents a review of recent
economic developments and a macroeconomic outlook. Part 2
focuses on a...
The fall 2021 issue of the Iraq Economic
Monitor provides an in-depth review of the latest
macroeconomic and policy developments amidst a global
recovery in international...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 166246Date: November 1, 2021
In recent months, there has been a steep
increase in the number of daily new cases and, more
disturbingly, in the number of deaths. While it took almost
one year for...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 160890Date: June 22, 2021Author:
Teh Sharifuddin,Shakira Binti ;
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Chong,Yew Keat ;
Goh,Sheau Yin ;
Ting,Kok Onn ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende
China’s economy will post strong growth
in 2021. Assuming the continued suppression of COVID-19
(coronavirus), growth is projected to reach 8.5 percent this
year before...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 161266Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Zhao,Luan ;
Eckardt,Sebastian ;
Chowdhury,Ibrahim Saeed ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Li,Yusha ;
Zhang,Qinxuan ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G. ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Molinuevo,Martin ;
Sauve,Pierre ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Wang,Dewen ;
Wei,Wenting ;
Paterson,William Welsh ;
Black,Simon John ;
Huang,Yang ;
Zhu,Linghui
Recognizing the severity of the crisis,
the GoI devised a national reform plan (the white paper)
that sets out a old blueprint of structural reforms to
achieve sustainable...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 159112Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Mansour,Wael ;
Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid ;
Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq
In 2020, the country experienced its
sharpest recession in twenty years due to the impact of a
triple shock related to the direct health impact of the
pandemic; the...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 155222Date: December 18, 2020Author:
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Teh Sharifuddin,Shakira Binti ;
Chong,Yew Keat ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Goh,Sheau Yin ;
Shrivastava,Animesh ;
Cassou,Emilie ;
Kar,Anuja
In 2020, the country experienced its
sharpest recession in twenty years due to the impact of a
triple shock related to the direct health impact of the
pandemic; the...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 155096Date: December 7, 2020Author:
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Teh Sharifuddin,Shakira Binti ;
Chong,Yew Keat ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Goh,Sheau Yin ;
Shrivastava,Animesh ;
Cassou,Emilie ;
Kar,Anuja
Decades of political, economic and
security shocks have shaped major structural imbalances in
Iraq's economy, reinforcing Iraq's current
fragility trap. Iraq remains...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 154260Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Mansour,Wael ;
Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid ;
Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq ;
Phadera,Lokendra ;
Wai-Poi,Matthew Grant
Economic conditions in China have
changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19
(coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have
triggered...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 151320Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Zhao,Luan ;
Eckardt,Sebastian ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Nair,Dinesh M. ;
Wang,Dewen ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G. ;
Chowdhury,Ibrahim Saeed ;
Huang,Yang ;
Niu,Chiyu ;
Alawode,Abayomi A. ;
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Lee,Woori ;
Han,Wei-000505642 ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Li,Yusha ;
Li,Yan - EEAM1
Malaysia’s economy has been severely
affected by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In 2020,
Malaysia’s economy is projected to contract by 3.1 percent.
In Q1 2020,...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 149872Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Chong,Yew Keat ;
Teh Sharifuddin,Shakira Binti ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti ;
Binti Jasmin,Alyssa Farha ;
Dorfman,Mark Charles
Malaysia’s economy has been severely
affected by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In 2020,
Malaysia’s economy is projected to contract by 3.1 percent.
In Q1 2020,...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 149957Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Chong,Yew Keat ;
Teh Sharifuddin,Shakira Binti ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti ;
Binti Jasmin,Alyssa Farha ;
Dorfman,Mark Charles
China's economy is slowing,
reflecting cyclical factors and longer-term structural
trends. Notwithstanding the recent conclusion of the phase
one agreement between...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 144518Date: December 1, 2019Author:
Zhao,Luan ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Eckardt,Sebastian ;
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mileva,Elitza Alexandrova ;
Huang,Dafei ;
Sall,Christopher ;
Robinson,David John Martin ;
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Wang,Xintian ;
He,Jia
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