The world economy is experiencing a very strong but uneven recovery, with many emerging market and developing economies facing obstacles to vaccination. The global outlook remains uncertain, with major...
Although the global economy is emerging from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, the recovery is likely to be subdued, and global GDP is projected to remain well below its pre-pandemic trend for a prolonged...
The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented...
Global growth is expected to recover to 2.5 percent in 2020, up slightly from the post-crisis low of 2.4 percent registered last year amid weakening trade and investment, and edge up further over the forecast...
Is it sustainable for São Tomé and Príncipe to have a large current account deficit and a fixed exchange rate peg? Sao Tomé and Príncipe (STP) pegs its currency, the dobra, to the euro and has both persistent...
Debt vulnerabilities in low-income countries have increased substantially in recent years. Since 2013, median government debt has risen by about 20 percentage points of gross domestic product and increasingly...
This newsletter includes the following headings: monthly highlights; special focus; recent prospects group publications; recent World Bank working papers; and recent World Bank reports.
This newsletter includes the following headings: monthly highlights; special focus; recent prospects group publications; recent World Bank working papers; and recent World Bank reports.
Published semiannually, Global Economic Prospects includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries. Global activity is firming broadly as expected. Manufacturing and trade are...
Published semiannually, Global Economic Prospects includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries. Global activity is firming broadly as expected. Manufacturing and trade are...
This newsletter includes the following headings: monthly highlights; special focus; recent prospects group publications; recent World Bank working papers; and recent World Bank reports.