One of the great questions facing China is whether or not its economy can continue to produce the rapid gains in welfare for its giant population that the country has witnessed over the past 30 years.

[00:00] - You're driving a car in stick shift. You're in first gear, you're kind of revving it up, speed increases, but not much faster. The same thing with economies. - Thank you, Andrea. I'm really ...

The concept of the middle‐income trap (MIT) continues to pose significant challenges for countries undergoing rapid industrialisation and economic reform. This phenomenon refers to the stage where ...

Earlier this week, the Philippines had the honor of hosting the High-Level Conference of Middle-Income Countries (MICs), which convened more than 200 delegates from 24 countries and 77 stakeholder ...

ASEAN’s middle-income economies face mounting challenges escaping economic stagnation due to weak institutions, limited domestic innovation and over-reliance on foreign multinationals. Unlike ...

In the bustling corridors of the World Bank's Annual Meetings this past October, a diverse group of finance ministers and policymakers from across the globe convened to tackle a pressing issue: the ...

LAST January, the flagship World Development Report of the World Bank Institute of Economic Development was published in distilled format. The condensed form — courtesy of the Korea Development ...