Economic growth in the Western Balkans is projected to slow to 3.0 percent in 2025, from 3.6percent in 2024, due to a continued weak external environment coupled with heightened domestic pressures in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...