Moldova’s economy is recovering despite ongoing spillovers from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Essential structural reforms and further integration with the European Union (EU) is needed to address persistent...
Type: BriefReport#: 193994Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Improved creditor processes have helped streamline sovereign debt restructurings and shorten timelines in the past 12 months. Further progress is needed to make the resolution of the cases of unsustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 194245Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Montenegro’s economy is expected to grow by 3.4 percent in 2024. Growth is projected to moderate but remain solid at 3.5 percent in 2025, boosted by wage increases. However, fiscal challenges persist as...
Type: BriefReport#: 193995Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Montenegro’s economy is expected to grow by 3.4 percent in 2024. Growth is projected to moderate but remain solid at 3.5 percent in 2025, boosted by wage increases. However, fiscal challenges persist as...
Type: BriefReport#: 193995Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cities in the Western Balkans are no strangers to great upheavals. They have charted their course through wars, political transformations, and societal shifts, and their ability to endure has emerged as...
Type: ReportReport#: 194141Date: October 15, 2024Author:
Megha Mukim ;
Axel E. N. Baeumler ;
Nerali Patel ;
Serene Vaid ;
Solene Dengler ;
Ross Marc Eisenberg ;
Ditjon Baboci ;
Mustafa Copelj ;
Masatsugu Takamatsu ;
Hiromi Akiyama ;
Skeja, Adis
Real growth remained constrained in H1 2024 amidst lingering inflationary pressures, weak external demand, and delayed highway construction. Fiscal consolidation targets are likely to be missed for 2024...
Type: BriefReport#: 193996Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poland’s real 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecasted to exceed expectations due to a stronger rebound in private and public consumption on the back of slowing inflation and high wage growth....
Type: BriefReport#: 193997Date: October 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Growth in 2024 is expected to remain robust at 3.3 percent, on the back of private consumption, tourism, and construction. Price pressures have continued to ease. Poverty is expected to continue to decline...
Type: BriefReport#: 193985Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
Growth reached 9.1 percent in H1 2024, driven by strong private consumption due to rising real wages. Unemployment decreased and poverty continued to decline. Growth is projected at 7.5 percent for 2024....
Type: BriefReport#: 193991Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
Growth is projected to accelerate to 4.7 percent in 2025, driven by new oil production flows, before subsiding towards its long-term potential rate, thereafter. Inflation is expected to decrease but will...
Type: BriefReport#: 193992Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank’s Pacific Economic Update provides an assessment of the economies of 11 Pacific Island countries (PIC-11) in part 1 and highlights the potential of investment to broaden the economic horizons...
Type: ReportReport#: 194081Date: October 14, 2024Author:
Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze ;
Vishesh Agarwal ;
Warunthorn Milk Puthong ;
Kersten Kevin Stamm ;
Dana Vorisek
This document collection explores the complex relationship between fiscal policy and societal outcomes, particularly poverty and inequality. It examines how various fiscal policy tools can be used to address...
Type: ReportReport#: 201148Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in El Salvador assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in El Salvador perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
Type: ReportReport#: 194101Date: October 14, 2024Author:
Jose De Buerba ;
Svetlana Markova
Armenia’s economy expanded by 6.5 percent in H1 2024, driven by private consumption and investment. During January-July, an average 0.3 percent deflation was recorded, largely due to falling food and non-alcoholic...
Type: BriefReport#: 193986Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rose 2.7 percent in Q1 2024, form 1.6 percent in 2023 due to the modest economic expansion in the European Union (EU) and a deceleration in investment growth. Upcoming...
Type: BriefReport#: 193989Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth rose to 4.3 percent in H1 2024, driven by the non-hydrocarbon sector supported by public investment. Annual inflation fell to 1.1 percent as external pressures subsided. External and fiscal...
Type: BriefReport#: 193987Date: October 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
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