South Asia is expected to continue to be the fastest-growing emerging market and developing economy (EMDE) region over the next two years. This is largely thanks to robust growth in India, but growth ...

Only four months ago, in January, the World Bank projected a more hopeful 4.1% growth. However, that optimism has now faded, battered by a toxic mix of falling investments, persistently high inflation ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 8 developing countries in South Asia. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the ...

The South Asian nation's growth surpassed the Bank's forecast of 4.4 per cent, recording 5.0 per cent in 2024 — the first ...

Oxfam International has found in a new study that natural disasters are worst in South Asia because of the poverty and inequality that prevails here. According to the study titled "The Rethinking ...

Pakistan is South Asia 's weakest economy, and it will take a herculean effort to pull the country out of poverty, reported Islam Khabar. Pakistan is in the news for its economic meltdown amid ...

delaying or suspending payments worth $119 million to global funds designed to fight poverty and disease — including the UN Development Program, the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Malaria and TB, and the ...