Research & Outlook

2016 Global Growth Forecast Cut to 2.4%
The World Bank is downgrading its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4% from the 2.9% pace projected in January. The move is due to sluggish growth in advanced economies, stubbornly low commodity prices, weak global trade, and diminishing capital flows.

Policy Research Report on Political Engagement and Transparency Launched
The forces of transparency and citizen political engagement are on the rise, and together hold the potential to make politics work for rather than against economic development.
World Bank Raises 2016 Oil Price Forecast, Revises Down Agriculture Price Projections
Amid improving market sentiment and a weakening dollar, the World Bank is raising its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $41 per barrel from $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook.

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More than one way to empower a woman
Article by Mayra Buvinić and Rebecca Furst-Nichols.
Should mass deworming be subsidized?
Article by Amrita Ahuja, Sarah Baird, Joan Hamory Hicks, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Shawn Powers.
How Syrian Refugees Have Affected the Turkish Labor Market
Article by Ximena V. Del Carpio and Mathis Wagner.

Huge Development Potential Remains Out of Sight for the Four Billion Who Lack Internet Access
While digital technologies have spread fast worldwide, their digital dividends have not, according to World Development Report 2016
Agribusiness rules lag in agriculture dependent countries
Countries where agriculture is a major economic activity have greater room for improving key regulations that govern the agribusiness sector, a new World Bank report finds.