From an economic point of view, the last decade was largely a lost one for Ukraine. Total economic output stagnated between 2010 and 2019, and GDP per capita increased only on behalf of a shrinking population...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking a severe economic and humanitarian toll, reflected in fiscal financing pressures, disruptions to trade, the displacement of millions, and heavy infrastructure...
The Ukraine-Russian war has brought substantial challenges to the Belarusian economy related to new sectoral sanctions, the disruption of trade with Ukraine, and negative spillovers from the Russian economy...
Key results from an online/phone survey and virtual Focus Group Discussions with owners of Multi-Apartment Buildings in Belarus.
Growth in Moldova is expected to be curtailed by the unfolding crisis in Ukraine despite its swift recovery from COVID-19. Medium term growth hinges on the containment of the war and of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Growth in Moldova is expected to be curtailed by the unfolding crisis in Ukraine despite its swift recovery from COVID-19. Medium term growth hinges on the containment of the war and of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Ukraine-Russian war has brought substantial challenges to the Belarusian economy related to new sectoral sanctions, the disruption of trade with Ukraine, and negative spillovers from the Russian economy...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking a severe economic and humanitarian toll, reflected in fiscal financing pressures, disruptions to trade, the displacement of millions, and heavy infrastructure...
This brief is part of a knowledge product series that the World Bank is leading to collect global information on COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and hesitancy. The main trends are based on data collected from...
Poverty measured by the upper middle-income poverty line of US$5.5 further decreased to 0.2 percent in 2019 from an already low base of 0.4 percent in 2018. Based on the more relevant national poverty...
Poverty as measured by the upper middle-income poverty line of US$5.5 per day in 2011 PPP amounted to 2.5 percent in 2019, down from 3.4 percent in 2018 and 5.6 percent in 2016. Poverty is now at the same...
The latest national poverty rates show an increase in absolute poverty from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 26.8 percent in 2020. The increase in poverty is largely attributable to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...