The objective of this disaster risk finance (DRF) diagnostic is to assess the status of financial preparedness of Eswatini to disasters and crises. This assessment entails analysis of the following: (i)...
Eswatini’s economy has been characterized by persistent low growth, high fiscal deficits, and unprofitable state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Without significant reform, the country is unlikely to achieve...
This third edition of the Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) aims to provide both a current and historical background covering the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (2020 to April 2021) period. The 2019-2020...
This report examines agricultural spending in Zimbabwe. This public expenditure review (PER) is the sixth in a series focusing on local government service delivery, state-owned enterprises and parastatals...
The Macro Poverty Outlook for Southern African Customs Union (SACU) provides an overview of the recent macro and poverty developments for the region as a whole, and country by country cases. The Macro...
The size of government defined as the share of the public expenditure in GDP measures the magnitude of resources that are under the control of the public sector and available for reallocation across sectors...
A poor growth and worsening external environment contributed to a deceleration in 2015 and growth is projected to remain at 1.5 percent in 2016. The gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate slowed from...