India Needs to Maintain Reform Momentum to Reverse Current Economic Slowdown
India needs to continue to implement critical reforms in key areas such as health, labor, land, skills and finance to come out stronger from...
CEOs: Post-Covid changes are permanent and there are more to come
The need for business leaders and policy makers to fundamentally rethink the way they plan, invest and operate in the future is underlined in...
COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth
The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people.Since the outset of the pandemic more than 70...
Korea: Keep supporting people and the economy until recovery fully under way
Korea has limited the damage to its economy from the COVID-19 crisis with swift and effective measures to contain the virus and protect households...
MDBs’ Annual Climate Finance Passes $61 Billion
Climate financing by seven of the world’s largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) totaled $61.6 billion in 2019, with $41.5 billion (67%) in low- and...
Public Transport Can Bounce Back from COVID-19 with New and Green Technology
Public transport must adapt to a “new normal” in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and adopt technologies that will render it...
Zero emission economy will lead to 15 million new jobs by 2030 in Latin America and Caribbean
In a new groundbreaking study , the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) show that the transition to a net-zero emission...
Women Gain Key Economic Benefits from Greater Trade
Trade increases women’s wages and helps close the wage gap between men and women while creating better jobs for women, a new World Bank...
Amid economic slowdown, strategic approach needed for Nepal’s resilient recovery
Economic growth is estimated to contract sharply to 2.1% in FY2021 from the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown, despite efforts by the government to...
Venezuelan Migration Could Raise GDP Growth in Ecuador by Up to 2 Percent
A recent study led by the World Bank estimates that Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador, most of them highly educated young people, could...