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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Growth Forecast in Belarus

https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eca/publication/europe-and-central-asia-economic-update

The country’s growth is projected to slow to 1.9% in 2025.

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World Bank Group Statement on Russia and Belarus

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World Bank Group Statement on Russia and Belarus

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2022/03/02/world-bank-group-statement-on-russia-and-belarus

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OVERVIEW: BELARUS

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About

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Belarus is an upper-middle-income country in Eastern Europe with over 9 million people (2024). A landlocked country, it borders Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine. With a mixed economy and a large state-owned enterprises sector, Belarus’s major exports include fertilizers, petrochemicals, agricultural and timber products, and heavy machinery.

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Growth in Belarus is projected to slow to 1.9% in 2025, below the 2024 level, primarily due to subdued economic activity in Russia, which continues to dampen demand for Belarusian exports.

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Belarus became a member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in July 1992.

The World Bank Group has not approved any new loans to Belarus since mid-2020 and stopped all its programs in the country as of March 2, 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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