-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the …This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to … important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic …

debt sustainability over the next decade, taking into account alternative recovery scenarios and associated fiscal … persistent economic effects of the pandemic, risks to the Dutch fiscal and debt sustainability would remain contained …

This paper assesses the cyclicality and sustainability of fiscal policy in Belize and applies a stochastic simulation … debt sustainability. It recommends integrating such rules into a well-designed fiscal responsibility law and establishing …

negative impact on medium-term growth, especially for sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) a disaster's intensity matters much more …This paper assesses the impact of climate-related disasters on medium-term growth and analyzes key structural areas … than its frequency, given the non-linear cumulative effects of disasters. In sub-Saharan Africa, electrification …

After impressive growth in the 2000s, China's productivity has more recently stagnated. We use firm-level data to …'s business dynamism. We show that (i) the revenue share of young firms has declined, (ii) the life-cycle growth of young firms … relative to older incumbents has slowed, (iii) weaker life-cycle growth can be explained by slower productivity growth and …

sustainability. A dynamic general equilibrium model is calibrated to reflect the structural characteristics of vulnerable low …

Covid-19 has exacerbated economic and social vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is a risk that … growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important …, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary stimuli. Reforms could boost per capita growth by an additional 0 …