Microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a critical role in Myanmar, providing both rural and urban populations with the credit they need to finance purchases of working capital, agricultural inputs, and...
Economic conditions in Myanmar have deteriorated in the past six months, with the signs of recovery observed in the first half of 2023 proving to be fragile and short-lived. Conflict has escalated across...
This budget brief presents a summary of developments in Myanmar’s public finances. This report includes three sections that cover the aggregate fiscal update, public finance developments in states and...
Following the significant volatility that characterized much of 2022, economic conditions in Myanmar have shown tentative signs of stabilization in the first half of 2023. The parallel market exchange...
This Budget Brief presents a summary of developments in Myanmar's public finances. This report includes three sections that cover the aggregate fiscal update, public finance developments in states and...
Myanmar has experienced significant macroeconomic volatility over the past six months. Economic activity has continued to be disrupted by persistent conflict, which has had devastating impacts on lives...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has set back the economy and fiscal balances of Sierra Leone, which are now further impacted by the war in Ukraine. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth turned negative...
Social protection is a critical policy instrument in Sierra Leone to address the multiple risks and vulnerabilities faced by citizens. Through the Medium-term National Development Plan for 2019-2023, the...
At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), the World Bank is undertaking a programmatic Public Expenditure Review (PER) to analyze fiscal policy quality and provide policy advice to the GoSL...
Sierra Leone is a low-income, small West African country of approximately 7.65 million population. Over the past decade, the country has made gains on several health indicators, but it faces huge challenges...
This Fiscal and Debt Sustainability Note, the first module of a programmatic multisectoral Public Expenditure Review (PER), reviews the recent macro-fiscal challenges, analyzes their causes and consequences...
The global economy is projected to grow 6 percent in 2021, stronger than had previously been expected, reflecting fiscal support in advanced economies, especially the US, and faster rollout of vaccines...
The overall objective of the Public Expenditure Review (PER) for primary and secondary education is to assess the quality and efficiency of public spending on education in order to recommend measures to...
Sierra Leone, like many countries in the world, is now facing the dire human and economic impacts of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Prior to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, Sierra Leone was one...
Thanks to advantageous geography, Sierra Leone has abundant natural resources but yet has not been able to deliver more and better jobs for its fast-growing population. Located on the southwest coast of...
Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic performance continued to improve but at a slower pace. Macroeconomic imbalances are also of great concern despite recent improvements in the balance sheet of the central government...
The Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) reports on and analyzes recent economic developments and policies within medium-term, regional, and global contexts and analyzes the implications of these developments...