Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

According to a new World Bank report, world trade will drop by one percent, lowering global GDP by just under one percent. This blog dives into how the war in Ukraine is reshaping world trade and…

This blog documents Uzbekistan's steps in transitioning to a market economy. It uses comparative analysis and accompanying literature to review issues countries experience while transitioning…

“Big push” interventions are commonly proposed to generate significant, sustained increases in household, community, and national income. A recent Working Paper compiles 38 estimates of the…

Just as Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) was recovering its pre-pandemic levels of economic activity, a new and worrisome threat has emerged: rising inflation

For emerging and developing economies the setback in their development markers did not start with the Covid-19 pandemic, although it deepened and accelerated a troubling trend of economic…