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Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2015

World Bank Group - 2015

The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...

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Global Commodity Markets : Review and Price Forecast

World Bank Group - 2010

This is a companion to the Global Economic Prospects 2010. Most commodity prices reached historical highs in mid-2008, giving rise to the longest and broadest commodity boom of the post-WWII period. Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the boom was fueled by numerous factors...

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Commodity Markets Outlook, October 2022 : Pandemic, War, Recession

World Bank Group - 2022

exporters, the energy transition may bring windfalls, but it could also increase their exposure to price volatility …

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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio

World Bank Group - 2023

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …

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Central Bank Reserve Management Practices : Insights into Public Asset Management

World Bank Group - 2021

The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) conducted its third survey on reserve … represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and World Bank and its affiliated organizations … or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent …

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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management

World Bank Group - 2021

Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when they materialize, they place pressure on government finances that may raise interest expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts...

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Drivers of Food Price Inflation in Turkey

World Bank Group - 2020

Food price inflation has increased persistently in recent years in Turkey with a widening divergence from international food price inflation. The study analyzes the main inefficiencies in the Turkish agricultural sector through the lens of food price formation and discusses the policy actions...

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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2022 : Harnessing the Oil Windfall for Sustainable Growth

World Bank Group - 2022

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...

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Cambodia Economic Update - Weathering the Oil Price Shock : Special Focus - Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions; Strategies to Reduce Logistics Costs

World Bank Group - 2022

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 external imbalances. Rising food and energy prices have...

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Montenegro Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Amidst High Volatility : Systematic Country Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2016

This Systematic County Diagnostics is organized into six parts. The first part presents a brief overview of the country's recent socio-political and economic context. The second part examines the links between poverty, income distribution and economic growth, through the labor market, against...

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