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The Russian Federation’s war with Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and threatened the stability of geopolitical relations. Economic output in the Europe and Central Asia region is forecast...

The report, Benefiting from High Commodity Prices, looks at recent key developments in PNG’s economy, and places these in the longer-term global and regional context where growth is decelerating...

Rising international prices have exacerbated economic vulnerabilities The war in Ukraine and rising commodity prices have exacerbated the vulnerabilities of the Tunisian economy in the first months of...

Highlights Libya is struggling to cope with a trifecta of crises, including the civil conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Notwithstanding the tempering of conflict intensity...

As the two-year Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis appears to wane, new economic shocks have cast shadows over the global economy heightening uncertainty about the short-to-medium path...

Iran’s economy continued its gradual recovery in 2021/22 following the rebound in domestic and external demand. Despite a more accommodative fiscal policy in 2021/22, higher oil...

Indonesia’s economic recovery from the Corornavirus (COVID-19) pandemic comes amidst an increasingly challenging global environment. Indonesia’s growth accelerated at the end of 2021 as the country stepped off from a devastating...

The Burkinabè economy grew at 7.0 percent in 2021 and saw a ten-year peak in inflation in the context of intensifying food insecurity. With the strong growth in per capita income, the poverty rate...

Highlights The momentum in Malaysia’s economic recovery continues. However, recovery at the household level has been slow, particularly in the case of the most vulnerable. The incidence of poverty in...

Nigeria’s growth prospects have improved compared to six months ago... Nigeria’s growth prospects for the next three years have improved thanks to a more robust...