The report presents an analysis of the adoption and implementation of accrual accounting in the public sector to explore its role in providing information on fiscal sustainability, informing economic analysis...
Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian challenges. Support from the international community weakened notably during the two-year conflict in Tigray but is now resuming. Bunching of debt service...
Nicaragua remains at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress with substantial space to absorb shocks. Under the baseline scenario, external debt burden indicators and the present values (PV)...
Kazakhstan's economy is estimated to have grown by 4.0 percent in 2024. A temporary acceleration to 4.5–5.0 percent growth is projected in 2025, supported by a one-off surge in oil production, export growth...
По оценкам, экономика Казахстана выросла на 4,0 процента в 2024 году, а в 2025 году прогнозируется временное ускорение до 4,5–5,0 процента, поддерживаемое единовременным всплеском добычи нефти, ростом...
On January 17, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and ten. It was resolved that IBRD transfer from surplus...
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Comoros’ external and overall debt as sustainable including in the medium term but continuing to remain at high risk of debt distress. Although debt indicators...
Mauritania’s risk of external and overall public debt distress is assessed as “moderate”—unchanged from the previous DSA published in December 2023—with ‘some space’ to absorb shocks. All external and...
Under the updated low-income country debt sustainability framework (LIC DSF), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains at moderate risk of both external and overall debt distress, with some capacity...
Côte d’Ivoire’s overall and external public debt remain at moderate risk of debt distress and show significative improvements compared to the DSA prior to the debt management operation (DMO) completed...
São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) remains in debt distress, due to prolonged unsettled external arrears of around 1.6 percent of GDP at end-2023. Nevertheless, staff assesses that the country has the capacity...
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has moderated since the second quarter of 2024, owing to subdued domestic demand. The government has responded to the domestic demand slowdown with incremental...
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has moderated since the second quarter of 2024, owing to subdued domestic demand. The government has responded to the domestic demand slowdown with incremental...
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Moldova at low risk of external debt distress and at moderate risk ooverall public debt distress, unchanged from the previous assessment.1 Moldova’s public...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains at high risk of debt distress under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF), with weak debt-carrying capacity. External debt risks are elevated due...
The Gambia’s overall and external debt distress risk ratings remain high, and public debt continues to be deemed sustainable, similar to the previous DSA. Under the updated macro framework, the external...
Ratings for the Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project for Zambia were as follows: outcomes were moderately unsatisfactory, the Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and...
This low-income countries debt sustainability analysis (LIC-DSA) provides a streamlined update to the April 2024 LIC-DSA, adding two elements: (i) US 125 million dollars under the World Bank’s Development...
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is assessed to be in external and overall debt distress under the low-income countries’ debt sustainability framework (LIC-DSF). The Lao PDR is assessed to be...