The Philippines remained in recession in the first quarter of 2021, driven by the contraction in household consumption and investment. Nevertheless, relative to the previous three quarters, the economy...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 159067Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Chua, Kevin C. ;
Cruz, Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez, Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos, Eduard Renzo ;
Garces, Ludigil Laborte ;
Song, Jiyoung ;
Endo, Isaku ;
Qian, Rong ;
Moller, Lars Christian
This newsletter on COVID-19 (coronavirus) trade watch for April 2021 has the following sub-headings: (a) Global maritime supply chains continue to experience unprecedented disruptions; (b) Capacity constraints...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158644Date: April 30, 2021
Rising COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases and the return to more restrictive quarantine measures continued to dampen market sentiments. Manufacturing output and exports contracted in February, while the stock...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158159Date: April 14, 2021Author:
Chua, Kevin C. ;
Cruz, Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez, Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos, Eduard Renzo ;
Garces, Ludigil Laborte ;
Song, Jiyoung ;
Endo, Isaku ;
Qian, Rong ;
Moller, Lars Christian
This newsletter includes the following articles : World Bank Group Support, Ongoing Operations, International Finance Corporation and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157821Date: April 1, 2021
The SARRE newsletter for April 2021 highlights improving transportation and trade links between Bangladesh and India, based on a new research report, Connecting to Thrive. The report finds seamless transport...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 175671Date: April 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158768Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Bruhn, Miriam ;
Cull, Robert J. ;
Xu, Lixin ;
Zia, Bilal Husnain
The April research newsletter draws on several recent studies to identify key drivers of firm-level upgrading and industrial development, including entrepreneurial ability, exports, foreign ownership,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158646Date: April 1, 2021
This Debt Management Facility (DMF) newsletter includes the following headings: new virtual training on legal aspects of international borrowing; workshop on the framework for managing government guarantees...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 202320Date: March 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
This newsletter on COVID-19 trade watch for March 2021 has the following sub-headings: (a) Principal findings; (b) Merchandise trade in focus; (c) Logistics in focus; (d) The Suez incident and (e) Air...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157903Date: March 31, 2021Author:
Ferrantino, Michael Joseph ;
Arvis, Jean Francois ;
Constantinescu, Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva, Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson, Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu, Karen ;
Ulybina, Daria
This note uses data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID-19 Impacts on Households to derive results. It briefly addresses the following: Covid-19 update; employment; Covid-19 impact on persons with...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167560Date: March 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
The March newsletter explores the massive discrepancies in output per worker between high- and low-income countries, within-sector productivity and misallocation of resources in Southeast Asia, and sectoral...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157863Date: March 1, 2021
Mobility restrictions continued to dampen domestic activity, with total net job losses reaching 1.3 million between January 2020 and January 2021. Domestic demand remains muted, resulting in the contraction...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157630Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Chua, Kevin C. ;
Cruz, Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez, Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos, Eduard Renzo ;
Song, Jiyoung ;
Endo, Isaku ;
Qian, Rong ;
Moller, Lars Christian
This note uses data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID-19 Impacts on Households to derive results. It briefly addresses the following: employment; Covid-19 update; education; and remittances and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167559Date: March 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
Women constitute half of India’s population, but have not benefitted proportionately from the country's economic prosperity. The pandemic has seen more women affected because of the informal nature of...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158890Date: March 1, 2021
This newsletter on COVID-19 trade watch for February 2021 has the following sub-headings: principal findings; additional findings-merchandise trade; additional findings-services trade; additional findings-logistics;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157152Date: February 28, 2021Author:
Ferrantino, Michael Joseph ;
Arvis, Jean Francois ;
Brenton, Paul ;
Constantinescu, Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva, Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson, Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu, Karen ;
Ulybina, Daria
The February newsletter documents the costs of the pandemic and the policies that have attempted to shield populations from its worst impacts. Research highlights include estimates of years of lost life...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157123Date: February 1, 2021
This Philippines monthly economic developments newsletter for February 2021 includes the following information: the Philippines recorded its worst recession in post-war history as the economy contracted...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 156806Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Chua, Kevin C. ;
Cruz, Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez, Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos, Eduard Renzo ;
Song, Jiyoung ;
Endo, Isaku ;
Qian, Rong ;
Moller, Lars Christian
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157020Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Bruhn, Miriam ;
Cull, Bob ;
Xu, Lixin
This newsletter on Assessment of digital market in Croatia for February 2021 has the following sub-headings: SWOT analysis of the digital sector; and recommendations for further sector development.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158631Date: February 1, 2021
Global container shipping capacity remained flat though January 18, 2021, in contrast with the strong recovery observed from April to September 2020. Global merchandise trade has continued to recover in...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 156213Date: January 29, 2021Author:
Ferrantino, Michael Joseph ;
Arvis, Jean Francois ;
Brenton, Paul ;
Constantinescu, Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva, Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson, Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu, Karen ;
Ulybina, Daria
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