Growth contracted by 3.3 percent in 2020. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already devastated by the earthquake in 2019. However, the shock to economic fundamentals and...
In 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) plunged the Western Balkan countries, like the rest of the world, into deep recession. Economic activity contracted by an estimated 3.4 percent - the worst downturn on record...
As elsewhere in the world, in the Western Balkans the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged countries into deep recession. While the outlook remains uncertain, economic activity in the region is now projected...
The Western Balkans region is projected to enter a recession in 2020 whose magnitude vitally depends on the duration of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in Europe. In the baseline scenario, the recession...
In Spring 2020, Western Balkan countries - like most others in the world—have been forced to impose tight restrictions on economic life to contain the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. In the first half...
The Western Balkans region is projected to enter a recession in 2020 whose magnitude vitally depends on the duration of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in Europe. In the baseline scenario, the recession...
The Western Balkans region is projected to enter a recession in 2020 whose magnitude vitally depends on the duration of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in Europe. In the baseline scenario, the recession...
This Regular Economic Report (RER) covers the economic and social impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans' region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
This Regular Economic Report (RER) covers the economic and social impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans' region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
This Regular Economic Report (RER) covers the economic and social impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans' region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
This Regular Economic Report (RER) covers the economic and social impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans' region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
In Spring 2020, Western Balkan countries - like most others in the world—have been forced to impose tight restrictions on economic life to contain the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. In the first half...
In Spring 2020, Western Balkan countries - like most others in the world—have been forced to impose tight restrictions on economic life to contain the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. In the first half...
Improving the efficiency and equity of public spending and strengthening revenue mobilization remains a priority in all Western Balkan countries. Public sector wage bills and pensions constitute the largest...
Policy toward fiscal rules is an important issue in the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia). According to a rough estimate...
Growth in the Western Balkans has strengthened to an estimated 3.5 percent. In most of the region, growth projections for 2018 have been revised upward. Growth was stimulated by higher public investment...
Why does Brazil continue to lag its peers in the quality of physical infrastructure? What are the implications for growth prospects? What could be done to close the infrastructure gap? These are the key...
Why does Brazil continue to lag its peers in the quality of physical infrastructure? What are the implications for growth prospects? What could be done to close the infrastructure gap? These are the key...