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Fiscal policy and management

How to Build Public Support for Energy Subsidy and Pension Reforms

April 16, 2025

Era Dabla-Norris, Davide Furceri, Mauricio Soto

Public approval is crucial for carrying out difficult reforms that can help countries lower debt and increase growth

Economic growth

Migration and Refugee Policies Steer People, and Economies, in New Directions

April 15, 2025

Paula Beltran Saavedra, Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Samuel Mann, Carolina Osorio-Buitron

When destination countries tighten migration and refugee policies, it has economic ripple effects elsewhere

Financial sector stability

How Rising Geopolitical Risks Weigh on Asset Prices

April 14, 2025

Salih Fendoglu, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Felix Suntheim

Heightened tensions can hurt stock markets, raise government borrowing costs, and pose risks to financial stability

Economic growth

Southeast Asia’s Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms

March 25, 2025

Anne-Charlotte Paret Onorato

Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.

Artificial intelligence

How Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Productivity in Latin America

March 20, 2025

Bas B. Bakker, Sophia Chen, Dmitry Vasilyev

Some countries risk missing out on the full economic benefits of AI, but more formal jobs and expanded digital access can help

Economic growth

How Sound Economic Policy Can Help Prevent Conflict

March 13, 2025

Franck Bousquet, Paul M. Bisca, Christopher Rauh, Benjamin Seimon

Simulations that incorporate machine learning-based predictions of conflict suggest large payoffs from preventive policies, including efforts to promote macroeconomic stability and growth

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