Showing 1 - 10 of 258
correlated with observed cases of trafficking. For instance, the economic shock produced by a typical decrease in export … origin countries such as economic shocks, measured by large, discrete changes to export commodity prices and to GDP. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209155
correlated with observed cases of trafficking. For instance, the economic shock produced by a typical decrease in export … such as economic shocks, measured by large, discrete changes to export commodity prices and to GDP. It also explores the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209162
Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing number of countries are developing financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646437
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which … shock to all education systems in our lifetimes. The damage will become even more severe as the health emergency translates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647071
) carried out by the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Tunisia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497540
Iraq's economy is gradually emerging from the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the plunge in oil prices in 2020. Higher oil revenues pushed Iraq's overall fiscal and external balances into a surplus in 2021. The turnaround in oil markets has significantly improved Iraq's economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413845
Cambodia is now weathering an oil price shock, just as the economy had started to recover amid a rollback of … Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related restrictions. Negative impacts of the oil price shock are amplified by Cambodia's already large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414011
The Turkish lira (TL) has depreciated to an extent not seen since the 2001 crisis, reaching its lowest level in September 2018 (TL 6.37/US 1.00 dollar), losing 66 percent of its value against the US dollar since January 2018. This Regular Economic Report focuses on the likely impact of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647521
After a strong start in early 2022, the largest COVID-19 wave in two years and resulting mobility restrictions have disrupted China's growth normalization. The global environment has also significantly worsened following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413860
Over the period 2019-21, Albania had to confront dual shocks: the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both had sizable impacts on the country's economy. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already affected by the earthquake in 2019. Key sectors were put in lockdown in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414016