Better Management of Public Finance at All Levels Will Boost Public Services for Ukrainians
The World Bank and the European Union released today the results of two sub-national Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments of Khmelnitskyi oblast and...
COVID-19 Economic Impact Could Reach $8.8 Trillion Globally
The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses—equivalent to 6.4% to 9.7% of global gross domestic product (GDP)—as a...
Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future crises
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries, and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented...
CFOs are optimistic they can keep their customers and employees safe
As COVID-19 restrictions continue to slowly lift in some countries while others remain in lockdown, PwC’s latest COVID-19 CFO Pulse reveals a sense of...
COVID-19 will compromise the transition to clean energy without urgent stakeholder action
The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls in demand, price volatility and pressure to quickly...
Mineral Production to Soar as Demand for Clean Energy Increases
A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by...
ADB Releases Annual Report of Development Effectiveness
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released the 13th annual performance report of its corporate results framework, the Development Effectiveness Review, a management tool...
Contagion or starvation, the dilemma facing informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points...
APEC Faces USD 2.1 Trillion in Output Loss to COVID-19
The health and economic crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic has afflicted more than two million people globally, with 40 percent coming from the...
Trade defence report: Restoring the level playing field for European producers
EU trade defence measures are effective in reducing unfair international trading practices, according to an annual report published today by the European Commission. The...