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Viet Nam’s economy has demonstrated notable resilience in an uncertain global environment. While headwinds are expected to temper the pace of expansion, the World Bank's latest Viet Nam Economic Update, released today, projects growth will moderate to a still-robust 6.8% in 2026, following an 8% expansion in 2025.
Kinh tế Việt Nam đã thể hiện sức chống chịu đáng kể trong bối cảnh toàn cầu nhiều bất ổn. Mặc dù các yếu tố bất lợi được dự báo sẽ làm chậm lại đà tăng trưởng, báo cáo Cập nhật Tình hình Kinh tế Việt Nam mới nhất của Ngân hàng Thế giới, công bố hôm nay, dự báo tăng trưởng sẽ hạ về mức 6,8% trong năm 2026 — vẫn là một con số tích cực — sau khi đạt 8% trong năm 2025.
Malaysia has expanded education, employment, and incomes over two decades of steady growth. Yet real wage gains, while broadly aligned with productivity, have been modest relative to rising education, aspirations, and living costs. This Special Issue of the Malaysia Economic Monitor argues that Malaysia’s central challenge is no longer job creation per se. With labor force participation at historically high levels and unemployment remaining low, the economy has demonstrated a strong capacity ...
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The World Bank Prices 10-Year Benchmark Bond with Record Investor Demand and Largest-Ever Orderbook
This PEIR recommends a coherent, sequenced reform package to help the Lao PDR put health financing back on track and accelerate progress toward UHC
Somalia’s economic growth moderated to an estimated 3 percent in 2025, down from about 4 percent in 2023–24, as declining foreign aid, drought conditions, and rising living costs weighed on demand and left real GDP per capita broadly stagnant. These findings are highlighted in the Eleventh Edition of the Somalia Economic Update (SEU) 2026: Navigating Shocks, Powering Growth, released today by the World Bank Group.
In Türkiye, improving access to finance for small- and medium-sized businesses has helped create formal employment opportunities across the country.
The World Bank Group’s new Pacific Economic Update projects regional growth to slow to 2.8 percent in 2026, as rising fuel and shipping costs, supply chain disruptions, and renewed global volatility place fresh pressure on Pacific economies.
The Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) today announced the launch of its third phase (2025-2030), with an ambitious objective to expand sustainable national adaptive social protection (ASP) systems across the Sahel. This next phase will support Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal to reach millions with critical support to foster economic opportunity, resilience, and stability.
Le Programme de protection sociale adaptive au Sahel (PPSAS) a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de sa troisième phase (2025-2030), avec l'objectif ambitieux d'étendre les systèmes nationaux de protection sociale adaptative (PSA) durables à l'ensemble du Sahel. Cette prochaine phase aidera le Burkina Faso, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger, le Sénégal et le Tchad à fournir à un soutien essentiel à des millions de personnes pour favoriser les opportunités économiques, la résilience et la stabilité.
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