This guidance note was prepared by
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group staff
under a project undertaken with the support of grants from
the Financial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157350Date: December 23, 2021Author:
Bango,Zsolt ;
Gragnani,Jose Antonio ;
O'Reilly Gurhy,Bryan ;
Paladines,Cindy Elizabeth ;
Hashimoto,Hideo ;
Mooi,Yen Nian ;
Pedras,Guilherme ;
Roy,Arindam ;
Chung,Kay ;
Galeza,Tadeusz ;
Papaioannou,Michael G. ;
Katz,Peter
After suffering a pandemic-driven slump
in 2020, Kazakhstan’s economic recovery is on track, having
sustained quarterly growth throughout Q3 2021. Reduced
COVID-19 cases...
Type: ReportReport#: 167263Date: December 22, 2021Author:
Agaidarov,Azamat ;
Rahardja,Sjamsu
This paper investigates the spread of
the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on economic growth
across developing countries. It documents the evolution and
co-movement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9889Date: December 20, 2021Author:
Calderon,Cesar ;
Kubota,Megumi
This paper models an entrepreneur’s
choice between investing in a safe activity or experimenting
with a new risky one, and how much to invest in the
“entrepreneurial...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9890Date: December 20, 2021Author:
Maloney,William F. ;
Zambrano,Andrés
The traditional consumer price index is
often produced at an aggregate level, using data from few,
highly urbanized, areas. As such, it poorly describes price
trends...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9886Date: December 16, 2021Author:
Andree,Bo Pieter Johannes
The COVID-19 pandemic and its negative
economic effects create a need for timely data and evidence
to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts
of the...
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass’s in an interview with
Handelsblatt on December 13, 2021. He spoke about the
importance of the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166953Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Greener economic development in Russia
will allow the country to overcome the limits of its current
fossil fuel-dependent growth model. It can deliver
prosperity to...
Special economic zones (SEZs) have been
used by many developing countries as a policy tool to
promote industrialization and economic transformation. The
World Development...
Type: ReportReport#: 166637Date: December 6, 2021Author:
Zeng,Douglas Zhihua
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at China’s 1+6 Roundtable
with Premier Li Keqiang on December 6, 2021. He mentioned
that the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166889Date: December 6, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Entering its twenty-ninth year in 2021,
the partnership between China and the World Bank (WB) on
energy efficiency has been among the top success stories of
the WB with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161111Date: December 3, 2021Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Song,Yanqin
The Egyptian economy continues to show
resilience through the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the
macroeconomic and energy sector reforms implemented in
recent years, along...
Type: ReportReport#: 168514Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Alnashar,Sara Bahaa Hamed ;
Elashmawy,Fatma Ibrahim Mohamed ;
Metwally,Yosra Ahmed Samy Bedair ;
Erian,Jala Emad Youssef ;
Dunand,Eric Raoul Philippe ;
Hussein,Maha Abdelhamid Mohamid Tawfik ;
Alotaibi,Fatimah Mutlaq H
Over the past few decades, India’s
economic growth has led to the rapid deterioration of air
quality. Delhi’s inordinately high pollution levels and
consistent ranking...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167971Date: December 1, 2021
Severely impacted by the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, Djibouti’s economic activity
has shown signs of recovery in 2021.This first edition of
the Djibouti...
Type: ReportReport#: 169038Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Tsouck Ibounde,Rick Emery ;
Wes,Marina ;
Mohammed,Nadir ;
Le Borgne,Eric ;
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Barry,Boubacar-Sid ;
Carey,Kevin ;
Ahern,Mark Eugene
The key messages of this newsletter
include: (i) Global merchandise trade has stabilized at
levels above pre-pandemic but hides divergent trends for
quantities (weakening...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167119Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Nyawo,Mike ;
Ulybina,Daria ;
Dubey,Pratyush
The vaccination rate accelerated in
early December following the successful 3-day national
vaccination drive. The authorities further loosened mobility
restrictions...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167034Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Chua,Kevin C. ;
Cruz,Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez,Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos,Eduard Renzo ;
Garces,Ludigil Laborte ;
Song,Inyoung ;
Endo,Isaku ;
Qian,Rong ;
Moller,Lars Christian
The December 2021 Vietnam Macro
Monitoring discusses some of the following topics: the
number of new COVID-19 infections and deaths; economic
conditions; merchandise...
In 2018, International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC’s) shareholders authorized a capital
increase of 5.5 billion dollars, the largest increase in its
history. The capital...
Type: BriefReport#: 167197Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Narayanaswamy,Meera
In March 2017, against the backdrop of
rising debt vulnerabilities, G20 countries endorsed and
committed to promote the G20 Operational Guidelines for
Sustainable Financing....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168197Date: December 1, 2021
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