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Highlights: Recent Economic Developments Global conditions improved in early 2024. The Philippines maintains its growth momentum, supported by a rebound in external demand. Robust growth...

Indigenous Peoples (IPs) play a critical but often overlooked and misunderstood role in global development. As culturally distinct communities and stewards of a large share of the world’s natural resources...

Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) are growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than before the pandemic. Slowing global growth, still tight financial...

Highlights on food security: Headline inflation has remained above the BSP 2–4 percent target, averaging 6.4 percent in the first ten months of 2023 from 5.4...

Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP), other than several Pacific Island Countries, have recovered from the succession of shocks since 2020 and are continuing to grow...

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...

Honduras, already among the poorest countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, experienced weak poverty reduction in 2014–19 compared to other countries in the region. The COVID-19...

Highlights: General findings Headline inflation has declined since the start of the year, but remained elevated at an average of 7.9 percent in the first four months of 2023. It exceeded...

Highlights: The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Honduras provides policy recommendations on how to safeguard the country´s natural capital and foster sustainable...

The objectives of this note are to provide a brief overview of the Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) concept and framework, outline synergies between ASP and disaster risk management (DRM)...