The Economic Update also explores the link between high savings and household consumption behavior. Almost half of household ...

The report warns that air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF) is causing widespread health damage and productivity losses, making it one of the region’s most severe ...

Draft ordinance mandates borrowers own 60% of shares; Microcredit Regulatory Authority to regulate instead of Cenbank ...

The Israeli military shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian during a raid on the town of Tuqu' on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest deadly incident in a recent surge of violence in ...

Papua New Guinea’s economy is heavily dependent on mining, oil and gas, yet the majority of the population earns its living ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the Taliban — the political and religious faction ruling Afghanistan. The Newsweek article cited U.S. Rep. Tim ...

The World Bank on Tuesday revised its growth forecast for the Philippine economy downward for 2025, projecting a 5.1-percent ...

Myanmar's economy is showing some signs of improvement and its GDP growth is estimated to rebound to 3% in the next fiscal ...

The UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025 shows that the Service Coverage Index (SCI) — a measure of access to essential health ...

Egypt further aims to raise this total investment ratio to 35% by the fiscal year 2049/2050. Although unemployment has decreased below 6.4% of the total labor force (which numbers 33 million ...

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Washington, DC, November 13, 2025 – A new World Bank report offers the most comprehensive view yet of global reserve management practices, drawing on survey responses from 136 central banks worldwide, ...