Real GDP growth is projected at 4.4 percent in 2026, supported by strong agriculture output and public infrastructure investment. Scaling up public investment offers opportunities for stronger growth ...
Demographic transition may be the biggest single opportunity for the economies of sub-Saharan Africa, but countries will only be able to enjoy the dividends if they make sufficient investment in ...
Men hold about 70 percent of the world’s polluting jobs, so one might think that they have most to lose from the transition to cleaner energy. After all, they risk finding themselves out of work as ...
The forces reshaping the global economy—in trade, geopolitics, technology, and demographics—are moving faster than at any ...
Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global ...
In light of recent global shocks and rising external volatility, there is a growing need to effectively monitor short-term ...
Many countries are ramping up industrial policy to boost innovation in specific sectors in the hope of reigniting productivity and long-term growth, amid security concerns. Major initiatives are ...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the ninth and tenth reviews under the Extended ...
The Spanish economy has continued to perform strongly, expanding significantly faster than euro area peers. Notwithstanding the adverse effect and heightened uncertainty from the conflict in the ...
Comprehensive regulatory reforms, including a simplified and coherent national licensing and permitting policy, can help ...
Europe’s defense spending is undergoing a historic shift. With NATO members expected to reach 2% of GDP and discussions underway to increase targets to 5% by 2035, this paper examines the possible ...
The world has changed dramatically in the three months since our last update of the World Economic Outlook in January. A rare disaster, a coronavirus pandemic, has resulted in a tragically large ...