With economic growth in Europe and Central Asia having peaked, following 2.7 per cent growth in 2017 and a projection of 2.3 per cent for 2018, countries in the region...
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A new report from the World Bank, Rethinking Lagging Regions, which examines convergence and disparity within the EU, has highlighted the danger of low-growth traps...
Azerbaijan’s unemployment rate increased from 4.94 to 4.96 per cent between September and December 2017. According to data research company CEIC, the average rate of...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on April 26 a 50 million US dollar Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project for Albania. The project supports...
The speed of economic recovery in Belarus has accelerated in early 2018, but the foundations for solid growth need to be strengthened, says the latest World Bank...
The World Bank Office in Romania and the city of Braşov have signed a reimbursable advisory service (RAS) agreement – a form of technical assistance – to support...
Growth in the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – declined in 2017, despite the creation of 190,000 new jobs in the...
The Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, also known as the Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiara (ASF), is responsible for the oversight and regulation of the...
Ukraine’s economy grew by 2.5 per cent in 2017, the second year of modest growth, according to the World Bank’s latest Ukraine Economic Update. Growth in manufacturing...
The European Union’s latest report on the current situation in Moldova with regards to its commitments under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement (AA) makes it...
Employment figures in the Western Balkans were boosted last year by the creation of 231,000 new jobs across the six countries of the region: Serbia, Montenegro...
Low-income regions in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, where GDP per capita is under 50 per cent of the EU average, represent one of the major widening divides...