growth of 1.5 percent would bring down the poverty rate from 13.2 percent to only 10.7 percent by 2024. And even if Russia … were to be able to catch up with the rest of the world, and grow at 3.2 percent annually, the poverty rate would fall to 8 …

-off effects, economic growth in Russia picked up in the third quarter at 1.7 percent, y/y. Consequently, our 2019 forecast has … agreement weighed on Russia's exports performance. Crude oil prices fell 14 percent in January-September 2019, y/y, reflecting a … downturn in the world economy …

) conducted by the World Bank Group in 2017 …

petroleum sector reforms, which might be the object of technical assistance to be provided by the World Bank and other … desk research and in-country stakeholders' consultation with the accumulated knowledge from several World Bank economic and …

more detail along with recommended next steps in the World Bank support to the government of Iraq …

Governments around the world are facing a double challenge. Their citizens are expecting everhigher standards of …, "e-Government" has been a major contributor to meeting these challenges. In recent years Russia has made good progress on … and move the country towards a Digital Government, this report from the World Bank team sets out high level …

Despite advances in agricultural production, TFP, and trade balances, Russia continues to lag behind many comparator …