Roadmap to Position the Mashreq Region as Digital Hub
A new World Bank Report finds that Mashreq countries have a unique
opportunity to catch up on strengthening the digital economy ecosystem and
reposition themselves as...
New Zealand can improve well-being through better policymaking and reforms
New Zealand’s economy has stabilised, with
solid growth supporting well-being through jobs and incomes. Ongoing
implementation of the government’s new well-being approach to policymaking will
offer further...
$4.2 Trillion Can Be Saved by Investing in More Resilient Infrastructure
The net benefit on average of investing in more
resilient infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries would be $4.2
trillion with $4 in benefit for each...
World’s top miners keep performing but investors unimpressed
The world’s 40 largest mining companies continued to consolidate their
stellar performance of the past several years by delivering steady growth in
2018, according to PwC’s...
Countries must make teaching profession more financially and intellectually attractive
Countries need to make the teaching profession
more financially and intellectually attractive to meet a growing demand across
the world for high-quality teachers, according to a...
Success of China’s Belt & Road Initiative Depends on Deep Policy Reforms
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could speed up economic
development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries—but it must
be accompanied by deep policy...
Fossil fuel support is rising again in a threat to climate change efforts
Fossil-fuel
subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3
years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel
production and use has risen...
Fast-Paced Reforms Lead to Improvements in Ease of Doing Business Across Kazakhstan
Regions of Kazakhstan have made doing business easier by improving
business regulation over the past two years, says the World Bank in a new
report released...
Reforms Building Momentum for Growth in Myanmar
Myanmar’s economy is slowly
regaining stability and picking up speed after a volatile 2018, according to a
new World Bank report.
The Myanmar
Economic Monitor projects
Myanmar’s economy to...
International action can scale up hydrogen to make it a key part of a clean and secure energy future
The world has an important
opportunity to tap into hydrogen’s vast potential to become a critical part of
a more sustainable and secure energy future, the...