Though the South Asia Region (SAR) contains just eight countries, it accounts for almost a quarter of the world’s population, but it also carries an increasing share of global debt. What's…

Prateek Samal, Anthony Tin Yu To |

Over the past two decades, the global aid landscape has been transformed. Emerging-economy actors and other contributors are deploying considerable resources into global development finance—an…

Akihiko Nishio |

Some developing economies have been able to raise more than $50 billion from bond investors. However, 28 developing economies with weak credit ratings and 31 low-income economies without credit…

Philip Kenworthy, M. Ayhan Kose, Nikita Perevalov |

The world’s poorest countries face ballooning debt service payments, record high refinancing costs, limited access to markets, and severely reduced capital inflows. Without action, 2024 will see a…

Axel van Trotsenburg, Pablo Saavedra |

Pakistan’s economy is now facing one of its worst crises. Poor policy choices combined with a series of shocks—COVID-19, the 2022 catastrophic floods, and adverse global conditions—have caused …

Najy Benhassine, Martin Raiser |

Global growth is projected to slow for the third year in a row while developing economies are projected to grow just 3.9%, as the newly launched Global Economic Prospects report lays out.

Collette Wheeler, Vasiliki Papagianni |

In a global aid landscape marked by increasing fragmentation and competition for resources, fostering collaboration and partnerships between vertical and horizontal approaches is crucial.

Akihiko Nishio, Francisco G. Carneiro |

Managing public loans can be complex and challenging—with potential impact on countries’ finances and their people. Errors and inaccuracies in monitoring can have large financial and reputational…

Andre Proite |

The 50th anniversary edition of the World Bank's International Debt Report offers a wealth of information and analysis. It includes detailed debt data on all 122 World Bank borrowers, as well…

Haishan Fu, Evis Rucaj |

Budget support is an important instrument for development aid, providing key counter-cyclical support during global economic crises and supporting the reform priorities of developing countries.…

Shahrokh Fardoust, Stefan Koeberle, Moritz Piatti, Lodewijk Smets, Mark Sundberg |