GENDER INCLUSIVE RECOVERY URGED FOR UGANDA
Uganda’s growth is expected to be between 3.5 per cent and 4.0 per cent in the fiscal year 2022 and about 5.5 per cent in 2023. Both projections are about…
NIGERIA IS RECOVERING FROM AN HISTORIC DOWNTURN
The Nigerian economy is benefiting from government policy support, rising oil prices and international financial assistance. The authorities’ pro-active approach has contained the COVID-19 infection rates and fatalities. With the…
ACCELERATING ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN GHANA
Ghana has an opportunity in the coming decades, to accelerate economic transformation and create more and better jobs, after navigating through the heights of the pandemic. It can achieve this…
AfCFTA COULD BOOST MARITIME TRADE IN AFRICA
UNCTAD’s newly published Review of Maritime Transport 2021 points to positive trends in maritime trade that might sustain economic growth in Africa, notably the entry into force of the African Continental Free…
Support for investment in people and resilient Sri Lankan recovery
World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer, has concluded a six-day visit to Sri Lanka, reiterating the World Bank’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s inclusive and resilient recovery…
Exports critical for Pakistan’s sustained economic growth
Pakistan’s economy recovered in Fiscal Year 2021, in part due to the government’s effective use of targeted lockdowns to manage the spread of COVID-19, while also permitting economic activity to…
India projected to be one of fastest recovering economies
India was among the fastest-growing economies in the world in the decade before the pandemic, lifting millions out of poverty. While the economy was moderating prior to the COVID-19 shock,…