Over the past decade, Tunisia's energy sector has faced significant challenges, resulting in a growing dependence on oil and gas imports and a widening of the financial deficit of the…

Moëz Cherif |

One of the least developed countries in the world, Chad’s GDP per capita has contracted since 2015. Its GDP per capita (in constant 2010 US dollars) was $710 in 2019, down significantly from $961…

Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Claudia Noumedem Temgoua |

Energy prices eased 1.8% in October, led by coal (-12.5%) and oil (-3.4%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices were down by 1.6%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Energy prices surged 8.3% in September, led by oil (+9.1%) and coal (+6.5%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices gained 1.5%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Energy prices gained 7.8% in August, led by natural gas (+17.3%) and coal (+8.5%), the World Bank’s Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices declined by 1.2%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Energy prices gained 5.9% in July, led by natural gas, US (+17%) and crude oil (+7.8%), the World Bank’s Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices inched up 0.7%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

This World Bank paper argues that transmission infrastructure is a stable operating asset with proven technologies that have remained largely unchanged for over a century. Furthermore,…

Debabrata Chattopadhyay, Durreh Tabassum |

Energy prices fell 1.8% in June, led by coal (-13.1%) and crude oil (-1.2%), the World Bank’s Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices were down by 1.9%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Investigating measures to curb Amazon deforestation, this blog dove into policies ranging from increasing designated public land and financial incentives for conservation to investing in urban…

Marek Hanusch, Charly Porcher |

The end of the last commodity supercycle (2002-2014) plunged oil-dependent nations into a prolonged recession, undoing the progress they had made during the boom. The Republic of Congo, Sub-…

Vincent Belinga, Jose Luis Diaz Sanchez, Marilyne Mafoboue Youbi, Joana Monteiro da Mota |