Search results

Brazil labour market improves but doubts will persist

Location:

BRAZIL

Unemployment fell to 7.4% at the end of 2023. Despite a fall in the participation rate, the positive figures also show that over 100 million people are currently employed…

Inequality will have long-term impact in Latin America

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Income inequality has also gone hand in hand with low social mobility and large disparities in wealth distribution. Reducing inequality remains complicated due to the economic…

Latin American remittances growth will slow this year

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Despite the slowdown, growth in remittances in 2022 still reached double digits. This was mainly due to the strength of the labour market in the United States, where the majority…

High employment and low wages will curb Russian growth

Location:

RUSSIA

In defiance of expectations following the imposition of severe sanctions, the unemployment rate has hovered around 3.2%. Yet rather than a sign of resilience, low unemployment…

Key Indian development target is highly challenging

Location:

INDIA

The target is associated with reaching GDP of USD30tn, compared with less than USD4tn currently. Modi, in power since 2014, appears on course to win a third straight term.

Lack of digital skills dampens Latin America's outlook

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Evidence increasingly indicates that the region’s limited progress in the digital economy is caused less by poor connectivity than by the lack of digital skills among its…

Chile's poverty progress will be difficult to sustain

Location:

CHILE

The report provides the first comprehensive picture of the evolution of poverty rates and income distribution since the social uprising that erupted in the country in late 2019…

Risks will outweigh recovery chances in Eastern Europe

Location:

EASTERN EUROPE

The economic environment has been dictated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its market and policy implications. Next year, the prospects for the V4 economies are moderately upbeat…

Venezuelan migrants could boost host countries' growth

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Millions of Venezuelans have fled their homeland in recent years as living standards have deteriorated rapidly, with the vast majority settling in other South American nations…

Risks to China from unemployed youth rise

Location:

CHINA

The timing is suspicious: urban youth unemployment hit an all-time high of 21.3% in June. This is around 6 million people aged 16-24, double the number before the pandemic. For…