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...
Oil Market Report: 2020 vision
In this Report, we publish our first outlook for 2020.
As we do so, volatility has returned to oil markets with a dramatic sell-off in
late...
Businesses Double Down on Sustainability as Consumers Focus on Costs
While most businesses have intensified their sustainability
efforts, many residential consumers’ actions have stalled as cost and
complexity have slowed commitment to clean-energy solutions, according to
Deloitte’s...
Modest Growth Ahead for Russia, but Opportunities to Boost Formal Employment
Real GDP growth in Russia surpassed expectations
in 2018, reaching 2.3 percent, mostly due to the one-off effects of energy
construction. Growth forecasts of 1.2 percent...
Economic Development and Human Capital in Uganda
Uganda’s economy grew at 6.4 percent in the first half of FY2018/19, up
from 6.1 percent in FY2017/18, according to the latest edition of the...
Demand from Asia is set to power the growth of the global gas industry over the next five years
After another record year, global demand for natural gas is set to keep
growing over the next five years, driven by strong consumption in fast-growing
Asian...
How Southeast Asia can take its Digital Economy to the Next Level
While the digital revolution
has already brought many benefits to Southeast Asia, the region has a unique
opportunity to achieve even faster progress by reinforcing the...