Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian challenges. Support from the international community weakened notably during the two-year conflict in Tigray but is now resuming. Bunching of debt service...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197457Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Niger’s risk of external and overall public debt distress is assessed as high, downgraded from the previous DSA published in July 2024, and the public debt is deemed sustainable. The downgrading is primarily...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200340Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
By 2030, an estimated two-thirds of the world's extremely poor could be concentrated in countries and contexts characterized by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) (World Bank Group, 2020). FCV contexts,...
Type: ReportReport#: 196030Date: January 31, 2025Author:
Tamara Arnold Urzua ;
Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel ;
Diego Luna Bazaldua ;
Juliana Chen Peraza ;
Fatine Guedira
Nicaragua remains at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress with substantial space to absorb shocks. Under the baseline scenario, external debt burden indicators and the present values (PV)...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197997Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Regardless of the individual perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (AI), it can transform the personal and professional lives at an unprecedented pace. It will also impact one of the most regulated and...
Type: ReportReport#: 197427Date: January 31, 2025Author:
Matei Dohotaru ;
Marin Prisacaru ;
Ji Ho Shin ;
Yasemin Palta
Eswatini’s fundamental policy challenge is to address the longstanding factors that have constrained growth and hindered broad-based improvements in living standards. Given the state’s significant role...
Type: ReportReport#: 197161Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Timor-Leste faces a defining moment in its economic journey. As the country seeks to transition from petroleum dependency to a more diverse and resilient economy, the stakes cannot be higher. The Petroleum...
Type: ReportReport#: 197175Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
GDP growth remained stable in 2024 notwithstanding slower economic activity in the latter half of the year. Household consumption moderated due to the impact of high food prices and mobility disruptions...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 197177Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in South Sudan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how South Sudan stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 196964Date: January 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Africa’s urban population is on the rise, and it is often feared that migrants are a direct source of urban underdevelopment under the premise that they are poorly integrated into urban labor markets....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11052Date: January 30, 2025Author:
Luc Christiaensen ;
Keenan,Michael
Governments in low-income countries are increasingly integrating off-grid electricity provision into national electrification strategies, creating novel, decentralized markets for electricity. This paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11053Date: January 30, 2025Author:
Megan Elizabeth Lang
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