Competitiveness
This World Bank report suggests that, in many countries, policy-makers ability to stabilize their public debt ratios through fiscal tightening may be restrained by budget rigidities that predated…
This blog examines issues related to how ITMO (internationally transferred mitigation outcomes) markets function, their impacts on potential ITMO-supplying countries, and their potential for…
The importance of finance for investment and growth implies that the financial sector is central to the growth agenda in Pakistan. And yet, Pakistan’s financial sector has under-delivered on its…
The prices of several goods, including intermediate inputs such as cement, are higher on average in the world's poorest countries, including many in Africa. This blog assesses why we are…
The pandemic experience revealed a new set of strengths and weaknesses of global trade. A joint report shows that open trade will be increasingly important to meet the growing demand for health-…
