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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...

Highlights: Since peaking at 7.8 percent in July 2022, inflation has been slowing, but it remains above the midpoint of the central bank’s 3–6 percent target range...

This year’s economic activity has been slower than previously anticipated due to emerging structural bottlenecks and continued external headwinds. This has prompted a sense of urgency to address...

We use economywide models to examine the economic recovery from COVID-19 shocks in Bangladesh and Nepal during 2020–2026. Declining labor productivity, capital underutilization, consumption shifts...

In July 2023, the cost of a basic food basket (BFB) continued to rise, by 1.7% month-on-month (MoM). The cost of the BFB has exceeded last year's levels since the beginning...

The Nigeria Development Update (NDU) is a biannual World Bank report series. The NDU assesses recent economic and social developments and prospects in Nigeria, and places these in a longer-term...

Highlights: Part A of the report presents recent economic developments and outlook, alongside with policy options to address the situation. Part B on the report analyses the impacts of macroeconomic...

One year into the Ukraine conflict, the war and sanctions imposed on Russia continue to have major implications on global food and energy markets as both countries are significant...

The monthly market dashboard presents price trends for staple commodities and cash crops most consumed by Palestinians. In this two-month update, special attention will be given...

Almost eleven months into the Ukraine conflict, the war and sanctions imposed on Russia continue to have major implications on global food and energy markets as both countries are...