Economy & Markets
Securing Robust Financial Markets for Stable Growth in Emerging Asia
Twenty years after the Asian Financial Crisis resulted in the region’s greatest economic dislocation, two lessons from that episode continue to resonate to date....
To Resist the Robots, Invest in People
A knitting factory in Bangladesh brings together the past, present, and future. On one floor, workers knit by hand. On another, people and machines...
Top trends for the 2018 housing market identified
In the real estate market, springtime is go time. It’s the busiest time of the year for home sales, and with this year’s stable...
Risk and Capital Requirements for Infrastructure Investment in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
Mobilizing private investment in infrastructure will be key to increase growth and resilience in developing countries. Well-planned infrastructure can raise potential output growth and...
How MDBs Can Unlock Private Finance for Development
Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a huge challenge that will not be met through public money alone. Dramatic increases in private investment—both...
Economics of Nuclear Power
It’s all about organized lightening. Lights, sparks, brightness are symbol of life. It enables us to see the world with more clear vision. When...
Kazakhstan’s Economy is Rising, Yet Again Driven by Oil
Kazakhstan’s economic growth estimate for 2017 has been revised upwards from 2.4% to 3.7%, reflecting a better-than-expected oil sector performance, driven by the launch...
Geo-economics and power
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international system witnessed a number of transformations like globalization...
Economic war and competition in the contemporary world
The existence of economic warfare was perceived as early as in the 19th century by intellectuals of the caliber of Victor Hugo and academicians...
U.S. Policy Towards Iran’s Economic Reintegration
On July 14, 2015, the P5+1, the European Union, and Iran reached an agreement under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The agreement...