Despite the large fiscal footprint of corporate tax incentives, limited causal evidence exists on their impact on economic outcomes. This paper helps fill this gap by exploiting the phasing out of a large...
Viet Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.4 percent (y/y) in H1-2024 after a moderate 5 percent growth in 2023, boosted by a rebound in manufacturing exports as well as higher consumption and investment...
This is the final report for the Support for the development of transition mechanisms for liberalization of the electricity market of Azerbaijan project funded by the World Bank/ESMAP. The objective of...
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, mountainous, landlocked, lower-middle income country in Southern Africa. It is surrounded by and deeply integrated with South Africa, the second-largest economy in Sub-Saharan...
Eswatini is facing multiple challenges. It was already experiencing weak economic growth before the COVID-19 pandemic, a reflection of longstanding, deeply rooted issues such as fiscal unsustainability...
Eswatini is facing multiple challenges. It was already experiencing weak economic growth before the COVID-19 pandemic, a reflection of longstanding, deeply rooted issues such as fiscal unsustainability...
Cambodia’s economic activity continues to expand, led bysolid growth in garment exports and strong constructionactivity. Real growth is projected to reach 7.0 percent in2016, in line with the resilient...
The general principle is that it is crucial for the government to provide a stable macroeconomic environment conducive to business development with a clear, transparent and neutral regulatory environment...
This press release announces on June 26, 1972, that the World Bank has approved sixty million US dollars equivalent loan to Colombia to assist the government to meet the growth and employment objectives...
A meeting of the Consultative Group on Development Assistance to Tunisia was held in Paris on October 21 and 22, 1971 under the chairmanship of the World Bank.
This press release announces on June 14, 1971, that the World Bank and its affiliate, the International Development Association (IDA), have approved ten million loan and fifteen million credit, respectively...