Financial Sector

Fiscal space watch: No time to sit on laurels

In more than 80 percent of these countries, government debt is now higher than before the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Many of these economies need to urgently improve fiscal positions within…

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, Naotaka Sugawara|
Competitiveness, Debt, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

MENA: 4 policies countries can adopt to combat inflation

As we keep hearing the term “inflation” in the news every day, it’s worth revisiting what that really means for MENA countries. Here are four policies that tackle high inflation and low growth…

Nadir Mohammed, Kevin Carey, Johannes Hoogeveen, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo|
Competitiveness, Debt, Financial Sector, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

From Survival to Growth: Sharing risks and supporting credit flows to small businesses in Kyrgyz Republic

The Kyrgyz Open Joint Stock Company Guarantee Fund (GF) program has played an important role in supporting MSMEs’ access to finance when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Emiko Todoroki, Malik-Aidar Abakirov, Eric Talasbaev|
Financial Sector, Jobs & Development

Learning from past research: Data-driven policy making during the pandemic

In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.

Kerina Wang, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU)|
Digital Development, Financial Sector, Health

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for July 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Social Protection
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