Global Economic Prospects

Economics of pandemics   Impact of COVID-19 on global income inequality Jan. 2022, chapter 4 Regional macroeconomic implications of COVID-19 June 2020, Special Focus Lasting Scars of the COVID-19 Pandemic June 2020, Chapter 3 Adding fuel to the fire: Cheap oil during the pandemic June 2020, Chapter 4 How deep will the COVID-19 recession be? June 2020, Box 1.1 Scenarios of possible global growth outcomes June 2020, Box 1.3 How does informality aggravate the impact of COVID-19? June 2020, Box 1.4 The impact of COVID-19 on global value chains June 2020, SF1 How do deep recessions affect potential output? June 2020, Box 3.1 How do disasters affect productivity? June 2020, Box 3.2 Reforms after the 2014-16 oil price plunge June 2020, Box 4.1 The macroeconomic effects of pandemics and epidemics: A literature review June 2020, Annex 3.1 Informality     How does informality aggravate the impact of COVID-19? June 2020, Box 1.4 Growing in the shadow: Challenges of informality Jan. 2019, Chapter 3 Linkages between formal and informal sectors Jan. 2019, Box 3.1 Regional dimensions of informality: An overview Jan. 2019, Box 3.2 Casting a shadow: Productivity in formal and informal firms Jan. 2019, Box 3.3 Under the magnifying glass: How do policies affect informality? Jan. 2019, Box 3.4 Inflation   Global stagflation June 2022, SF 1 Emerging inflation pressures: Cause for alarm?    June 2021, Chapter 4 Low for how much longer? Inflation in low-income countries  Jan. 2020, SF 2  Currency depreciation, inflation, and central bank independence June 2019, SF 1.2 The great disinflation Jan. 2019, Box 1.1 Growth prospects     Frontier market economies: Promise, performance, and prospects Jan. 2026, Chapter 4 From tailwinds to headwinds: Emerging and developing economies in the twenty-first century Jan. 2025, Chapter 3 Falling graduation prospects: Low-income countries in the twenty-first century Jan. 2025, Chapter 4 Small states: Overlapping crises, multiple challenges Jan. 2023, chapter 4 Global stagflation June 2022, SF 1 Global growth scenarios Jan. 2021, Box 1.4 The macroeconomic effects of pandemics and epidemics: A literature review June 2020, Annex 3.1 How deep will the COVID-19 recession be? June 2020, Box 1.1 Lasting scars of the COVID-19 pandemic June 2020, Chapter 3 Regional macroeconomic implications of COVID-19 June 2020, SF Growth in low-income countries: Evolution, prospects, and policies June 2019, SF 2.1 Long-term growth prospects: Downgraded no more? June 2018, Box 1.1 Global output gap     Is the global economy turning the corner? Jan. 2018, Box 1.1 Potential growth     Global economy: Heading into a decade of disappointments? Jan. 2021, Chapter 3 How do deep recessions affect potential output in EMDEs? June 2020, Box 3.1 Building solid foundations: How to promote potential growth Jan. 2018, Chapter 3 What is potential growth? Jan. 2018, Box 3.1 Understanding the recent productivity slowdown: Facts and explanations Jan. 2018, Box 3.2 Moving together? Investment and potential output Jan. 2018, Box 3.3 The long shadow of contractions over potential output Jan. 2018, Box 3.4 Productivity and investment growth during reforms Jan. 2018, Box 3.5 Cross-border spillovers   Who catches a cold when emerging markets sneeze? Jan. 2016, Chapter 3 Sources of the growth slowdown in BRICS Jan. 2016, Box 3.1 Understanding cross-border growth spillovers Jan. 2016, Box 3.2 Within-region spillovers Jan. 2016, Box 3.3 Productivity     How do disasters affect productivity? June 2020, Box 3.2 Fading promise: How to rekindle productivity growth Jan. 2020, Chapter 3 EMDE regional productivity trends and bottlenecks Jan. 2020, Box 3.1 Sectoral sources of productivity growth Jan. 2020, Box 3.2 Patterns of total factor productivity: A firm perspective  Jan. 2020, Box 3.3 Debt, financial crises, and productivity Jan. 2020, Box 3.4 Investment    Foreign direct investment in retreat: Policies to turn the tide June 2025, Chapter 3 Harnessing the benefits of public investment June 2024, Chapter 3 Public investment dynamics around adverse events June 2024, Box 3.1 Macroeconomic impacts of public investment: A literature review June 2024, Box 3.2 The magic of investment accelerations Jan. 2024, Chapter 3 Sparking investment accelerations: Lessons from country case studies Jan. 2024, Box 3.1 Investment growth after the pandemic  Jan. 2023, Chapter 3 Investment: Subdued prospects, strong needs June 2019, SF 1.1 Weak investment in uncertain times: Causes, implications and policy responses Jan. 2017, Chapter 3 Investment-less credit booms Jan. 2017, Box 3.1 Implications of rising uncertainty for investment in EMDEs Jan. 2017, Box 3.2 Investment slowdown in China Jan. 2017, Box 3.3 Interactions between public and private investment Jan. 2017, Box 3.4 Forecast uncertainty     Scenarios of possible global growth outcomes June 2020, Box 1.3 Quantifying uncertainties in global growth forecasts June 2016, SF 2 Fiscal space     Fiscal challenges in small states: Weathering storms, rebuilding resilience June 2024, Chapter 4 Having space and using it: Fiscal policy challenges and developing economies Jan. 2015, Chapter 3 Fiscal policy in low-income countries Jan. 2015, Box 3.1 What affects the size of fiscal multipliers? Jan. 2015, Box 3.2 Chile’s fiscal rule—an example of success Jan. 2015, Box 3.3 Narrow fiscal space and the risk of a debt crisis Jan. 2015, Box 3.4 Revenue mobilization in South Asia: Policy challenges and recommendations Jan. 2015, Box 2.3 Other topics     Fragile and conflict-affected situations: Intertwined crises, multiple vulnerabilities  June 2025, Chapter 4 Education demographics and global inequality Jan. 2018, SF 2 Recent developments in emerging and developing country labor markets June 2015, Box 1.3 Linkages between China and Sub-Saharan Africa June 2015, Box 2.1 What does weak growth mean for poverty in the future? Jan. 2015, Box 1.1 What does a slowdown in China mean for Latin America and the Caribbean? Jan. 2015, Box 2.2