Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to remain close to current levels throughout the year, lifted by the global economic rebound and improved growth...
Sub-Saharan Africa has vast non-fuel mineral resources that in some countries constitute major shares of their gross domestic product. The region also contains large oil and natural gas resources, which...
This report of Indonesia daily economic update for September 3, 2019 contains economic highlights of: the government proposed an increase in import tariffs for horticulture and livestock products. Indonesia...
The development objectives of the Assam Inland Water Transport Project for India are to: (a) improve passenger ferry infrastructure and services in Assam, and (b) improve the institutional capacity and...
The development objectives of the Assam Inland Water Transport Project for India are to: (a) improve passenger ferry infrastructure and services in Assam, and (b) improve the institutional capacity and...
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The development objective of the Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project is to scale up access to electricity services and support increased penetration of renewable energy in dispersed off-grid areas of...
This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal multipliers and fiscal positions of governments using an Interactive Panel Vector Auto Regression model and a large data-set of advanced and developing...
The Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) of the World Bank Group (WBG) commissioned the Independent Panel to conduct an external review of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). The Panel’s review...