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 …

The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant … report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment … channels through which countries will be affected by the war in Ukraine. These encompass disruptions to: (i) commodity markets …

Ukraine has made impressive progress on key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak growth and poverty … remain a concern. Despite these economic challenges, Ukraine recognizes climate change as the most consequential factor this … climate change on Ukraine, with a focus on agriculture, a key driver of the economy and jobs. The analysis provides an insight …

from war to peace. The success of this first step following the signing of a peace accord signals the end to organized … conflict and thereby provides the security necessary for people affected by war to reinvest in their lives and in their country …

This paper reviews the alignment of the customs act of Jamaica to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation …

Russia's economy experienced two shocks in 2014. On top of the structural crisis that began in 2012, Russia had to deal … with cyclical and idiosyncratic challenges to the economy. One of the new shocks illustrates Russia s integration into the … world economy through its natural resource exports, and thus its dependence on the global commodity cycle: oil prices more …

underperforming. Currently, Russia uses just over half of registered agricultural lands (Uzun, 2017a). However, only 5-10 percent of … countries, as well as in Russia, come overwhelmingly from yield increases and not from increases in area. This report presents a … (chapter one). It then focuses on policies in the State Program for the Development of Agriculture in Russia, the types of …

The Country Opinion Survey in Russia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Russia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Russia on 1) their views regarding the …

Russia saw strong growth in 2021, with momentum weakening late in the year. Growth will slow as Russia battles COVID-19 … for Russia is to fundamentally transform its economic structure …