Similar Search Results

Kenya Economic Update, April 2020 : Turbulent Times for Growth in Kenya -- Policy Options during the COVID-19 Pandemic

World Bank Group - 2020

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic will have a large negative impact on the Kenyan economy. Even before being … affected by the novel coronavirus, Kenya's economy had decelerated. The World Bank estimates that GDP growth in 2019 was about … 5.6 percent, down from 6.3 percent in 2018. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock is expected to further reduce growth in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647069

Algeria Economic Monitor, Fall 2020 : Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic, Engaging Structural Reforms

World Bank Group - 2020

establishes the context for the unprecedented developments of 2020 related to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Chapter …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497498

Iran Economic Monitor, Fall 2021 : Adapting to the New Normal - A Protracted Pandemic and Ongoing Sanctions

World Bank Group - 2021

Iran's economy is gradually recovering following a lost decade (2011-2020) of negligible economic growth. Less stringent COVID-19 restrictions, adaptation to the new normal - reflected in a recovery in consumption, and more favorable oil sector conditions have driven a four-quarter rebound after...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817597

Gulf Economic Update, August 2021 : COVID-19 Pandemic and the Road to Diversification

World Bank Group - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and the decline in global oil demand and prices dealt the GCC countries a health crisis and a commodity market shock. The GCC's aggregate GDP contracted by 4.8 percent in 2020 from 2019, with the growth outturns ranging from -3.7 in Qatar to an estimated -6.3 percent in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012642833

Tunisia Economic Monitor, Summer 2020 : The COVID-19 Global Pandemic Shock

World Bank Group - 2020

impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on the Tunisian economy and the second presents findings from a diagnostic of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497540

Tajikistan Country Economic Update, Fall 2020 : Economic Slowdown Amid the Pandemic

World Bank Group - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant adverse impact on the Tajik economy. Real GDP growth slowed to 4.2 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, compared to 7.2 percent a year earlier. Restrictions on labor mobility and economic activity at home and abroad resulted in lower...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497550

COVID 19 in Brazil : Impacts and Policy Responses

World Bank Group - 2020

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647395

Somalia Economic Update, June 2020 : Impact of COVID-19 - Policies to Manage the Crisis and Strengthen Economic Recovery

World Bank Group - 2020

Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Somalia's economy was on an upward trajectory, recovering from the 2016 …'s trading partners (mainly China, the United Arab Emirates, India, Turkey, and Oman); cancellations of the 2020 Hajj and export …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647400

Ukraine COVID-19 Purchasing : Building Resilience while Reinforcing Reforms

World Bank Group - 2022

Ukraine provides an illuminating example of a health system that has responded to a health shock in a way that both builds health system resilience and advances health system reforms. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Ukraine in early 2020, a set of major health financing and provider...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247502

Crisis and Recovery : Learning from COVID-19's Economic Impacts and Policy Responses in East Asia

World Bank Group - 2023

More than three years after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, it is time to take stock of the lasting effects-and opportunities-of the pandemic and identify which policies may have helped stem the economic losses suffered by households and firms....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366527