Global growth is projected to marginally strengthen from 3.8 percent in 2017 to 3.9 percent in 2018. Growth is estimated to be positive in all regional groupings including 1.6 percent in the Latin America and the Caribbean region in 2018, up from 1.3 percent in 2017. In the Caribbean, growth is projected to be positive with the exception of Dominica wher ...
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is the authority responsible for the development, compilation, and publication of “Chinese National Standards” (CNS) as well as for conformity assessment. BSMI also implements commodity inspection measures as stipulated in Taiwan’s Commodity Inspection Law.
• The impact on the Syrian economy of four years of conflict is hard to quantify, and no statistical analysis can adequately convey the scale of the human devastation that the war has wrought. Nevertheless, the task of mitigating the effects of the conflict and planning for the future requires some understanding of the core economic issues. • Syria’s eco ...
Economic growth will moderate as capacity constraints tighten. Growth will slow, as the economy now operates around full capacity and labour shortages appear in many sectors (Table A). Shrinking residential investment following housing price falls is a further drag on the economy. Exports are expected to remain solid as long as the global economy keeps e ...
Growth has disappointed in the last few years. Weak consumer demand, persistently falling business investment, policy uncertainty, and the prolonged drought weighed on activity. While power production has improved, important bottlenecks remain in infrastructure and costs of services, which increase the cost of inputs for firms. The economic slowdown has ...
Growth has picked up to a pace exceeding the EU15 average, thanks to recent structural reforms, business restructuring, supportive monetary conditions and improved export markets. Lower unemployment and higher real incomes are underpinning consumption. Business investment is rising, although it remains low relative to GDP. Public debt and non-performing ...
SENEGAL’S ECONOMY HAS FORGED ahead since devaluation of the CFA franc in 1994. In this context of sustained growth, 2000 was a transition year, when a peaceful transfer of power boosted confidence in the future even as the changeover and electoral uncertainties affected economic decision-makers in the short term. But the landslide victory of the Democrat ...
Research, studies, modeling and simulation are part of the planning process related to the preparation and following-up the implementation of the National Development Strategy, an endeavor striving to achieve the overall vision of development as envisaged by the Qatar National Vision 2030. The Planning and Statistics Authority is honored to present this ...
Economic conditions in Portugal have improved markedly over the past few years. GDP is now back to its pre-crisis level and the unemployment rate has declined 10 percentage points since 2013 to below 7%, one of the largest reductions in any OECD country over the past decade. Nevertheless, legacies of the crisis remain, with the poverty rate of the workin ...
Economic growth remains strong. Rising social transfers and a booming labour market are underpinning rapid consumption growth. The unemployment rate is at a record low level, labour shortages are spreading, and there are early signs of accelerating wages. The labour market is expected to tighten further, leading to somewhat faster wage and price inflatio ...
The republic of palau, located in the Western Pacific, is among the smallest of the Pacific islands and has a relatively high per capita GDP. The population is around 19,000 and per capita GDP is estimated at $6,000 in 2000.
Current well-being in New Zealand is generally high, but some weaknesses have emerged. Performance is very good for employment and unemployment, perceived health, social support, air quality and life satisfaction but not so good for earnings and household income, housing affordability and the incidence of long working hours. The income distribution is mo ...
Improving the quality of growth Malaysia’s economy is doing well, but social and governance challenges must be addressed. The government prioritises inclusive growth and improving trust in public institutions. Further progress toward the planned target of high-income country status by 2024 will also require focusing on productivity growth with structural ...
in 2016, one of the lowest in the world. Per capita income has grown at an average of little more than 1.5 percent between 1995 and 2014, below the average of 2.8 percent for non-resource-rich African economies. Malawi remains an outlier even compared to its peers that are geographically and demographically similar and were at a similar stage of developm ...
In addition to its university and four public research centres (LIST, LISER, LIH and Max Planck), there are numerous private research centres in Luxembourg related to industry and belonging to international groups such as Goodyear (8th largest major research centre outside the United States), Husky, IEE, Delphi (global headquarters and research centre fo ...
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