More than three years after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, it is time to take stock of the lasting effects—and opportunities—of the pandemic and identify...
Economic activity bounced back in Q1 2023 with the removal of mobility restrictions and a surge in spending on services, but growth momentum has slowed since April. GDP expanded by 4.5 percent y/y in the...
Activity in China continues to track the ups and downs of the pandemic - outbreaks and growth slowdowns have been followed by uneven recoveries. After a downturn caused by the Coronavirus disease 2019...
After a strong start in early 2022, the largest COVID-19 wave in two years and resulting mobility restrictions have disrupted China’s growth normalization. The global environment has also significantly...
2022年初中国经济稳健开局,但此后两年来规模最大的新冠疫情以及相应管控扰乱了经济增长的正常化进程。俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后全球经济环境随之恶化。预计2022年实际GDP增速将大幅放缓至4.3%。在国内国外多重阻力下,中国的政策制定者应当谨慎调整其政策。短期内,中国面临着平衡兼顾疫情控制与经济增长的双重挑战。中期而言,需要付诸更多的努力以避免回到借债投资促进增长的老路上。采取果断行动提高消费在经济增长中的作用,解决社会不平等问题,重振创新和提高生产率,将有助于中国走上更加平衡、包容和可持续的增长道路。
While the distributional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been well-documented in high-income countries, studies in low- and middle-income countries have been relatively rare due to data limitations...
Rural poverty in China fell from 96 percent in 1980 to less than 1 percent of the population in 2019. Using PovcalNet data for China and a set of comparable countries, this paper estimates growth-poverty...
China’s economy will post strong growth in 2021. Assuming the continued suppression of COVID-19 (coronavirus), growth is projected to reach 8.5 percent this year before slowing to 5.4 percent in 2022...
Following a collapse in the first quarter of 2020, economic activity in China has normalized faster than expected, aided by an effective pandemic-control strategy, strong policy support, and resilient...
Following a collapse in the first quarter of 2020, economic activity in China has normalized faster than expected, aided by an effective pandemic-control strategy, strong policy support, and resilient...
COVID-19 has delivered a triple shock to the developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region: the pandemic itself, the economic impact of containment measures, and reverberations from the global recession...
Female labor force participation in the Mashreq is exceptionally low, a problem likely to be exacerbated by the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This report calls for action in the following areas:...
Economic conditions in China have changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have triggered a combined demand and supply shock...
Economic conditions in China have changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have triggered a combined demand and supply shock...
The report introduces a new set of complementary measures to monitor global poverty. This brief provides an overview of results specific to LC7.
A pesar de los importantes avances experimentados en Paraguay en los últimos años en lo que respecta a crecimiento económico y mejoras en la calidad de vida, reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad continúan...
La presente nota resume buenas prácticas internacionales y principios para producción estadística que pueden guiar esta discusión hacia el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de información esenciales para...
More than a decade of energy and transport subsidies have weakened Argentina’s fiscal capacity. Following the 2001 crisis, public services tariffs were frozen in an attempt to offset the negative effects...
This report explores the factors associated with the improvements observed in welfare and inequality and investigates the challenges to sustainability, given the historical structural problems of Paraguay...
This report explores the factors associated with the improvements observed in welfare and inequality and investigates the challenges to sustainability, given the historical structural problems of Paraguay...