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Fintech

How Stablecoins Can Improve Payments and Global Finance

December 4, 2025
Big data

Better Economic Measurement Is About Wiser Use, Not Just More Data

December 3, 2025
Economic growth

Industrial Policy Can Lift Productivity—but Comes With Risks and Trade-offs

November 25, 2025
Economic growth

Policy Actions Can Reinforce Growth Progress in Many G20 Economies

November 19, 2025
Africa
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Economic growth

Sub-Saharan Africa: Steady Growth Amid Fiscal Challenges

November 18, 2025
Fragility and conflict

How to Spur Economic Growth in Africa’s Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

June 5, 2025
Labor

The Clock is Ticking on Sub-Saharan Africa's Urgent Job Creation Challenge

November 12, 2024
Population and demographics

Sub-Saharan Africa's Growth Requires Quality Education for Growing Population

April 25, 2024
Asia and Pacific
Economic growth

Asia’s Economic Growth Is Weathering Tariffs and Uncertainty

October 16, 2025
Economic growth

Asia Can Boost Economic Resilience Amid Surging Trade Tensions

April 24, 2025
Artificial intelligence

How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Asia’s Economies

January 5, 2025
Economic growth

Asia’s Economies Can Embrace Services to Boost Growth and Productivity

November 1, 2024
Europe
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Artificial intelligence

How Europe Can Capture the AI Growth Dividend

November 20, 2025
Economic growth

A United Europe Can Shape the Global Economy

June 3, 2025
Government subsidies

Europe Needs a Coordinated Approach to Industrial Policy

December 16, 2024
Economic growth

The 2004 EU Enlargement Was a Success Story Built on Deep Reform Efforts

December 3, 2024
Middle East and Central Asia
Central banks

Central Bank Digital Currencies Can Boost Middle East's Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency

June 18, 2024
Economic growth

Scars of Conflict Are Deeper and Longer Lasting in Middle East and Central Asia

June 5, 2024
International trade

More Diversified Trade Can Make Middle East and Central Asia More Resilient

May 13, 2024
Central banks

Higher Interest Rates Testing Banks in Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan

December 14, 2023
Western Hemisphere
Artificial intelligence

How Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Productivity in Latin America

March 20, 2025
Fiscal policy and management

Why Latin America Needs Lower Deficits and Stronger Fiscal Rules

December 18, 2024
Economic growth

Breaking Latin America’s Cycle of Low Growth and Violence

December 5, 2024
Labor

Latin America's Shifting Demographics Could Undercut Growth

April 23, 2024

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