Global goods trade continued to expand rapidly from October 2024 through February 2025, driven by a surge in demand fueled by expectations of higher import restrictions in the US. Trade in services, which...
The development objective of Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project for Eastern and Southern Africa is to enable the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP) to be interconnected...
The development objective of Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project for Eastern and Southern Africa is to enable the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP) to be interconnected...
The development objective of the Peshawar Torkham Economic Corridor Project for Pakistan is to ensure safety at higher speeds on modern road. In the long run, the project is expected to be financially...
The development objective of Regional Connectivity Project for Bangladesh is to improve conditions for trade through improving connectivity, reducing logistics bottlenecks, and supporting the adoption...
A 2021-22 survey of trade promotion organizations conducted by the World Bank to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their functioning suggests four main findings. First, trade promotion organizations...
Vietnam’s export-led growth strategy and global integration are among the key factors behind the country’s remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction over the last two and a half decades...
The objective of the study is to support government’s efforts to enhance competitiveness of the domestic private sector through linkages to foreign direct investment (FDI). Vietnam 2035 emphasizes deepening...
Vietnam has successfully integrated into global value chains. But the country is now at a crossroads. There is need for a comprehensive agenda. Improving connectivity is key maintaining and enhancing competitiveness...
L’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) est une institution multilatérale fondée sur des règles créée en 1995 pour succéder à l’Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce (GATT). Au fil des...
While Malaysia’s economy has had great success, it also faces several challenges including limited services trade. This report seeks to explain the main constraints that are holding back the services sector...
Vietnam needs to sustain high labor productivity growth to achieve its aspiration of becoming a high-income economy. Business innovation and digitalization are key for Vietnam to achieve higher firm productivity...
Global economic growth has picked up in 2021 and has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has maintained an accommodative monetary stance and other measures to support...
The development objective of the Trade Promotion and Quality Infrastructure Project for Armenia is to strengthen the government’s capacity to provide export promotion, investment attraction, and quality...
Under the partnership framework between the World Bank Group (WBG) and the Vietnam Industry Agency (VIA), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) to foster small and medium enterprise (SME) - foreign direct...
Boosting productivity growth, especially that of the domestic private sector, is a key priority of Vietnam. The country has been successful in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and entering global...
This news release, dated May 31, 2005, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of United States (U.S.) 7.5 million dollars to...
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) system is three things: The belief that an open international trading system conveys political and economic advantages to each nation; The international...
This news release, dated November 20, 1980, announces the World Bank approved a 47 million dollars loan for improving and expanding port facilities in the Bangkok and eastern seaboard area of Thailand.