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Preparing now for the next health emergencies

While it is tempting to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, now is the time to prepare for future public-health crises. Governments should focus on boosting their health systems’…

Mamta Murthi|
Climate Change, Debt, Health

How do rising U.S. interest rates affect emerging and developing economies?

The sharp rise in U.S. interest rates over the past year poses a significant threat to emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Its monetary tightening on financial conditions and…

Carlos Arteta, Steven B. Kamin, Franz Ulrich Ruch|
Debt, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for January 2023

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces six papers published in January of 2023 on various topics, including gender,…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Debt, Digital Development, Education, Environment, Financial Inclusion, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

Firms play an important role in the impact of payroll taxes: Insights from Hungary

Firms play an important role in the impact of payroll taxes on their workers and different firms respond differently to payroll tax cuts. Findings suggest that governments need to consider the…

Anikó Bíró, Réka Branyiczki, Attila Lindner, Lili Márk, Daniel Prinz|
Competitiveness, Debt, Financial Sector, Governance, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

The Global Economic Outlook in Five Charts

According to the latest Global Economic Prospects report, global growth will slow from 2.9 percent in 2022 to 1.7 percent in 2023. The outlook has several downside risks, including the possibility…

Jeetendra Khadan, Sam Hill|
Competitiveness, Debt, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
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