Global goods trade values rose in the four months from April to July from the same period of last year, as volumes tracked record 2022 levels, fuel prices stabilized, and exports grew across most regions...
In Argentina, electricity transmission is carried out within the framework of the Argentine Interconnection System (Sistema Argentino de Interconexión, SADI). The SADI consists of a set of lines, networks...
Mongolia has benefited from its mineral wealth, but diversification is now a major priority. But to what extent is diversification possible, and what will it look like? This paper adopts the growth identification...
The objective of the Regional Connectivity Project for Bangladesh is to lower trade transaction costs associated with complying with government regulatory requirements for import and export activities;...
Although Indonesia’s economy has diversified over the past decades, natural resource extraction remains a key sector for both the domestic economy as well as international trade. Indonesia’s ability to...
The development objective of Regional Connectivity Project for Bangladesh is to improve conditions for trade through improving connectivity, reducing logistics bottlenecks, and supporting the adoption...
The development objective of Regional Connectivity Project for Bangladesh is to improve conditions for trade through improving connectivity, reducing logistics bottlenecks, and supporting the adoption...
Rwanda achieved rapid export growth in the decade before the pandemic. In addition, Rwanda has expanded business tourism by promoting the meetings, incentives, conferences/conventions, and events/exhibitions...
Trade expansion and integration into the global economy have historically been central to creating new, higher-productivity jobs that facilitate growth through structural transformation. Recent literature...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a rules-based multilateral institution that was established in 1995 as a successor to the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT). It seeks to achieve multilateral...
Cross-border supply chains and international trade played a critical role in vaccinating much of the world to address the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Considering that experience, this note describes...
This report aims to improve the knowledge base on the financing of trade and related data, institutions, and instruments. An improved knowledge base can support interventions that strengthen the infrastructure...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has put significant downward pressure on trade, which was already facing rising challenges prior to the pandemic. In line with early predictions, global trade...
Given the role that banks play in supporting people, companies, and economic systems, they are among the most essential conduits of stability and economic activity. Their collective voice regarding the...
Trade, integral to growth and economic development, is under pressure as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As most countries take measures to protect their citizens from the virus, economies...
On March 23, 2007, the World Bank has approved US20.5 million dollars to help modernize Kenya’s national statistical system so that it produces timely, high quality and relevant economic, poverty, governance...
On July 9, 2006, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz sent a letter to the G8 plus 5 leaders (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa) urging them to reach an agreement in the Doha round trade talks...