As bilateral aid retreats, the world’s development banks are reaching further than ever. Their critics worry that they have lost the plot. In London in mid-May 2025, at...
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Where capital is moving and why
Restrictions on the export of critical raw materials are surging. Producers may regret it, for they deliver revenue, briefly, but then what? Mathias Cormann opened the...
Growth in CEE is so far holding up against the Iran energy shock. But the extended-workbench model is faltering. Growth across most of the economies of Central, East and...
Montenegro is closing in on European Union membership. Croatia’s experience suggests businesses have less time to prepare than they think. It’s been a long old slog...
In the first of a short series of articles looking at the economy of Mongolia, we take a look at where the country has made good progress. When Moody’s and S&P...
The IMF’s headline growth and forecast figures probably matter far less than they appear to. So why continue to make such a fuss about them? On April 14, Pierre-Olivier...
Climate leadership requires more than just ambition. Targets need to be supported by stable, investor-grade frameworks, says Timur Tillyaev. Europe’s climate credentials...
The case for institutionalising long-term thinking in government is growing, but the results of experiments carried out so far are mixed. The Welsh government’s...
Hungary’s election result is a gift for investors, if the new government can deliver the swift reform that the European Union wants to see. In the end, it wasn’t...
Inside Lithuania’s bold push to build entrepreneurs before they graduate, a model that could redefine how we prepare for the future of work. Education systems across...
Governments in Europe and Central Asia are spending heavily on steering their economies. They are mostly pointing in the wrong direction. The World Bank rarely minces...
Hungary’s exhausted growth model may depend on a change of government to get moving again. For a country that built its modern economic identity on luring foreign...