World development indicators 2014 open knowledge repository. May 08, 2014 a world bank study found that nearly a third of its reports had never been downloaded. Access to information bank access to information policy designation public catalogue number exc4. If you use information from the world bank website, you must list it as a reference at the end of your paper. The depth and breadth of the world bank groups sectoral knowledge, along with its range of financial and technical assistance instruments, helps countries address. These support a wide array of investments in such areas as education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agriculture, and environmental and natural resource management. Featuring the sustainable development goals world bank. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions mitigate uncertainty, the balance of risks is to the downside. The imf and the world bank the international monetary fund imf and the world bank are institutions in the united nations system. The outlook for developing countries is for flat growth in. Developing africas workforce for the future growths fundamentals are also improving, with a gradual shift from private consumption toward investment and exports.
Afghanistans social safety nets remain fragmented and poorly funded. The forecast is subject to substantial downside risks, including a. Since the generation and transfer of development knowledge by the world bank is important in facilitating its objectives, getting a better understanding of the quality. World development indicators wdi is the primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. Global economic prospects open knowledge repository world. Their approaches to this goal are complementary, with the imf focusing on macroeconomic issues and the world bank concentrating on long. Trends in safety net delivery in oecd countries world bank. Simultaneously, analysts worry that a secular stagnation, though momentarily offset by asset bubbles, may have been already at play in major advanced economies, leading to the ongoing sluggish and feeble recovery. Bank, the oecd development centre and the united nations development programme. The risk of claims resulting from such infringement rests solely with you. World bank open data the world banks open data initiative provides all users with open access to world bank data. The world bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work.
January 2014 commodity markets outlook 5 overview with the exception of energy, all the key commodity price indices declined significantly in 20 figure 1. The world banks statistical capacity indicator is a composite score assessing the capacity of a countrys statistical system. World bank lowers projections for the global economic outlook. Department of agriculture on april 9, 2014 the last for the 20 14 crop year, the global maize market is wellsupplied production and stocks are and 19 percent higher than last season. Yet, women in developing economies remain 9 percentage points less likely than men to have a bank account. This is an adaptation of an original work by the world bank. Uncertainty surrounding the outlook remains elevated and risks are tilted to the downside.
Three of these groups can arguably be interpreted either through the narrow lens of addressing international capital market imperfections or through the. This was caused by the large imbalance in import and export of goods and services, which has reached to 19. Views and opinions expressed in the adaptation are the sole responsibility of the author or authors of the adaptation and are not endorsed by the world bank. Foreign currency and electricity shortages affected mining and tourism. Acknowledgements the world bank economic update provides an update on recent economic and social developments and policies in china and presents findings from ongoing world bank work on china. The cost of the world bank, and its focus on poverty the world bank group operates through divisions that have differing roles. The world development indicators is a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. Commodity prices in the third quarter of 2018 were buffeted by geopolitical and macroeconomic events. Learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Change from wesp 2016 annual percentage change 2014 2015 2016. Oecd and the world bank s factbook, puts this estimate at 266 million.
Recent developments and outlook in major economies 6. Three of these groups can arguably be interpreted either through the narrow lens of addressing international capital market imperfections or through the broader lens of poverty reduction. Energy prices gained 3 percent in 2018 q3 qq, partly in response to the impending reimposition of sanctions on iran by the united states along with continuing declines in production in venezuela. While the european migration crisis appears to be past its peak, low and middleincome countries lmics continue to bear the brunt of forced displacement. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of the world bank group concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. The update was led by elitza mileva senior economist under the guidance of john litwack lead economist and with contributions from luan zhao economist on recent economic. They share the same goal of raising living standards in their member countries.
Table 2 zimbabwe macro poverty outlook indicators annual percent change unless indicated otherwise. The key commodity price indices were broadly stable during 2014. Global economic prospects october 2014 commodity markets outlook 1 overview commodity prices are expected to remain weak for the remainder of 2014 and, perhaps through much of 2015. Consequently, projections presented here may differ from those contained in other world bank documents, even if basic assessments of countries prospects do not differ at any given moment in time. World bank forecasts are frequently updated based on new information. Zimbabwe economic outlook african development bank. The economic environment has worsened in 2019, with real gdp projected to sharply contract by 7. Regional gdp growth rate used to forecast gdp 20142020. April 23, 2019 commodity unit 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2030 energy. A sustained fall in real incomes kept domestic demand depressed, while the recession, which started in the third quarter of 2014, persisted in the first half of 2016. An engine for job creation and inclusive growth in the arab world bessma momani wednesday, march 29, 2017. Managing risk for development, contends that the solution is not to reject change in order to avoid risk but to prepare for the opportunities and risks that change entails.
In the recently released global economic prospects, the world bank reports that the global economy got off to a bumpy start in 2014 buffeted by poor weather in the united states, financial market turbulence and the conflict in the ukraine. Global growth is projected to rise from an estimated 2. The fan chart shows the forecast distribution of global growth using timevarying. Official pdf, 264 pages world bank documents world bank group. The team included quentin wodon, nadia belhaj, pancras mayengo, and emmanuel mungunasi. The human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender.
The primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officiallyrecognized international sources. World economic outlook international monetary fund. World bank group international development, poverty. For the first time in a decade, investment accounted for more than half the continents growth, with private consumption accounting for less than.
If new commercial connections to the electricity grid were not issued in a given year, or if electricity is not provided during that period, the economy receives a no practice mark on the procedures, time and cost indicators. Following the floatation, the exchange rate displayed strong overshooting hitting its lowest rate of 19. According to the global outlook assessment released by the u. Maryland composition cataloginginpublication data joint bankfund library world economic outlook international monetary fund world economic outlook. The downward trend in exports now continues over the last four years. The global growth projection for 2015 was lowered to 3. Thirdparty contentthe world bank does not necessarily own each component of the content contained within the work. Mar 23, 2017 the world bank is an international financial organization that provides loans and other financial assistance, and also provides financial data through its website. These indicators are included in the data annex in the report wdr 2014. The world bank classifications world bank 2015a include all 188 world bank member countries, plus 26 other economies with populations of more than 30,000, for which authorities report separate social and economic statistics. Explore raw data about the world bank groups finances, including disbursements and management of global funds. World bank therefore does not warrant that the use of any thirdpartyowned individual component or part contained in the work will not infringe on the rights of those third parties. With its first green bond issued for fy15 a green bond linked to a sustainable equity index world bank s total issuance.
The database contains 1,600 time series indicators for 217 economies and more than 40 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years. Applicable to the world bank issuer the president sponsor. Apr 03, 2020 insights and analysis on ending extreme poverty. In mid2017, the number of refugees worldwide reached 18. The annual report is prepared by the executive directors of the international bank for reconstruction and development ibrd and the international development association idacollectively known as the world bank in accordance with the bylaws of the two institutions. Global economic prospects aril 2014 commodity markets outlook 5 figure 1 commodity price indices 7 figure 2 agriculture price indices 7 figure 3 oil price world bank average 9 figure 4 u. In developing economies, the share rose from 54 percent to 63 percent. Despite setbacks, an uneven global recovery continues. This flagship world bank annual report covers the period from july 1, 20, to june 30, 2014. Outlook on the global agenda 2014 reports world economic.
The team appreciates inputs from neema mwingu, solomon baregu, yutaka yoshino, wendy. World development report 2014 wdr 2014 data catalog. Every year, the world bank s world development report takes on a topic of central importance to global development. Commodity markets outlook, october 2019 world bank. World bank commodities price forecast nominal us dollars released. The 2018 report, learning to realize educations promise, is the first ever devoted entirely to education. The world bank groups program in afghanistan is guided by an interimstrategy note funding for the banks country program come from the interna. Doing business 2014 comparing business regulations for domestic firms in 189 economies 11th edition a world bank group corporate flagship understanding.
Between 2014 and 2017, the share of adults who have an account with a financial institution or through a mobile money service rose globally from 62 percent to 69 percent. Aeo 2014 is the th edition which for the first time covers all 54 african countries. Tripledigit inflation 230 percent yearonyear as of july 2019 u and poor agricultural production have increased food insecurity. Global economic prospects financial market outlook june 20. The wdr 2014 dataset includes 75 indicators relevant to the management of risk in the context of development. The projections of remittances are prepared based on the outlook for world gdp from world anks global economic prospects, january 2014, bilateral matrices of migrant stocks and remittances, and the recent historical growth rate of remittances. Featuring the sustainable development goals 1 these wdi highlights are drawn from world devel1 opment indicators wdi 2016 the world banks compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of peoples lives. Largely due to weakerthanexpected global activity in the first half of 2014, the growth forecast for the world economy has been revised downward to 3. The role of asset bubbles as an unsustainable pillar of pre2007 world economic growth has been widely recognized.
In india, where weakness in credit from non bank financial companies is expected to linger, growth is projected to slow to 5% in fy 201920, which ends march 31 and recover to 5. Against this backdrop, the performance of the mena region in 2014 is even more mixed, and in some cases, more. Global economic outlook prospects for the world economy in 20172018. Growth in remittance flows to developing countries is expected to accelerate to an annual average of 8. World bank group report prepared for the g20 labour and employment ministerial meeting. Maryland composition cataloginginpublication data joint bank fund library world economic outlook international monetary fund world economic outlook. Wheat has improved, yet less so than maize production and stocks up 8 and 2 percent. World bank commodities price forecast nominal us dollars.
Global economic prospects june 2017 global outlook. The outlook for 2015 is for global growth to rise to 3. The world development report 2014 wdr 2014, risk and opportunity. Global economic prospects july 2014 commodity markets outlook 2 on the upside, a key risk is an oil supply disruption in the gulf and less so central asia.
Global economic prospects open knowledge repository. World bank team of the macroeconomics, trade and investment mti, poverty gpv, education ged, health ghn, and social protection gsp global practices. Wdi is regularly updated and new data are added in response to the needs of the develop. Goods exports were disappointing due to both volume and price effects in 201415but a slight pickup in volumes again in 201516and an appreciating real effective exchange rate. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over locations, the world bank group is a unique global partnership. The world bank provides lowinterest loans, zero to lowinterest credits, and grants to developing countries. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions mitigate uncertainty, the.