The Country Opinion Survey in Republic of Congo assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Republic of Congo perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media,...

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to slow to 2.5 percent in 2023 from 3.6 percent in 2022. It isprojected to increase to 3.7 percent in 2024 and 4.1 percent in 2025. However, in per capita terms, the region isprojected to slightly contract over 2015-2025. The region faces many challenges,...

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa slowed to 3.6 percent in 2022, from 4.1 percent in 2021 but may be bottoming out. Weak investment growth and macroeconomic instability are weighing on economic activity. Inflation remains persistently high and above target despite early and sizable interest...

The Country Opinion Survey in Albania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Albania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector,...

The aim of this book is to determine the financial crime community pulse in Romania. For this purpose, a survey questionnaire was distributed to 1,856 respondents between May 27th - June 6th, 2022.The first objective of our book consists in finding the main patterns that characterize the...

Based on the electroplasticity effect and dynamic strain aging interpretations, serrated flow under the influence of electroplasticity in medium Mn steel is investigated. With the decrease of dislocation waiting time and the increase of critical strain, the continuity of plastic deformation...

In this research, pulse electrodeposition of partially reduced graphene oxide/zirconia (PRGO/ZrO2) has been reported to improve the corrosion resistance of API-X65 steel. The PRGO/ZrO2 nanocomposite was synthesized through a green hydrothermal method from the ZrOCl2 and graphene oxide (GO)...