CHART OF THE WEEK

Economic growth

The 2004 EU Enlargement Was a Success Story Built on Deep Reform Efforts

December 3, 2024

Robert Beyer, Claire Yi Li, Sebastian Weber

New accession candidates will need to undertake equally ambitious reforms to make the next expansion a comparable success

Economic growth

G20 Economies Should Target Reforms to Boost Medium-Term Growth Prospects

November 21, 2024

Paula Beltran Saavedra, Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Chanpheng Fizzarotti, Alberto Musso

Improving fiscal policy frameworks, fostering education and skills, and supporting the green transition can help ensure strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth

Economic growth

New European Wealth Gauge Helps Policymakers Address Inequality

November 19, 2024

Henning Ahnert, Francien Berry, Darja Milic, Jorrit Zwijnenburg

Combined measure allows for a deeper understanding of how wealth distribution affects the overall health of economies

The Clock is Ticking on Sub-Saharan Africa's Urgent Job Creation Challenge

November 12, 2024

Athene Laws, Faten Saliba, Can Sever, Luc Tucker

To employ a growing population, the region needs to transform informal jobs, reduce barriers to business growth, and create conditions conductive to jobs growth in higher productivity sectors—especially in fragile and low-income countries

How Europe Can Make Carbon Pricing Policies Less Regressive

September 26, 2024

Geoffroy Dolphin, Magnus Merkle

Easing the burden on lower-income households is not only socially fair, but also economically efficient

Monetary policy

Fed Rate Cuts May Help Revive Bond Flows to Emerging, Developing Economies

September 5, 2024

Paula Arias, Robin Koepke

Some higher risk countries still face high costs for selling foreign-currency denominated debt to investors after major central banks raised interest rates

Inclusion and gender

Women Lead Record Number of Central Banks, but More Progress is Needed

August 29, 2024

The Editors

New governors in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea lifted the share of central banks with women leaders to 16 percent

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