Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to remain at 3.2 percent in 2019 and rise to 3.6 percent in 2020. The expected recovery, however, is at a slower pace than previously envisaged for about ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

On August 11th, two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent soldiers in to pacify the Indian state of Kashmir, a reporter appeared on the news channel Republic TV, riding a motor scooter through ...

Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...

Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption offers an assessment of the challenges governments face in tackling corruption, what instruments tend to work and why, ...