This edition of the Lao Economic Monitor includes a section on health tax reforms, arguing for higher excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol. While the Lao economy has improved slightly in 2024, ...

We are streaming the conference on this website. To watch the parallel sessions presentations please scroll down to the agenda and click on the session in which you would like to participate. All ...

Digital technologies and AI are disrupting the way people live, work, and learn. At the same time, education systems need to become both a rapid producer and an avid consumer of digital and data ...

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...

Key declarations and detailed plans by country. Government-led plans to expand energy access with ambitious targets. Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering ...

From the bustling medical center of Batchenga to the ambitious hydropower project of Nachtigal, Cameroon is joining the Mission 300 movement, which aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity ...

African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the ...

Ethiopia has made significant progress in energy access in recent years; however, despite a 94% electrification rate in urban ...

長期的な成長見通しは今世紀で最も低調 ワシントン、2025年1月16日 — 世界銀行は報告書「世界経済見通し」の最新版で、21世紀最初の25年間が終わるにあたり、世界経済の成長の60%を担う途上国の長期成長見通しが2000年以来最も低い水準になるとの予測を ...

Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic ...