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1 Απρ 2024 · Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with the overall functioning of the economy. Macroeconomic policies have a critical influence on the decisions of households and firms to spend, save, hire and invest. And the conditions they foster set the stage for economic growth and development. The World Bank Group’s macroeconomists work toward the institution's primary goals of ...
The Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) is the premier research and data arm of the World Bank. DEC increases understanding of development policies and programs by providing intellectual leadership and analytical services.
Improving the efficiency of trade is a key component of development and poverty reduction. The World Bank works to make the global trading system more rules-based, predictable, and supportive of development. It also works with developing countries to improve their access to international markets and strengthen the competitiveness of their firms.
Trade is an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty and increases economic opportunity. The World Bank Group helps its client countries improve their access to developed country markets and enhance their participation in the world economy.
The World Bank believes accelerating investments in people, also known as Investing in Human Capital is essential to achieving greater equity and economic growth. Check the definition of human capital in the World Bank Project brief.
Equity, which has no final repayment date of a principal, can be seen as an instrument with nonfinite maturity. The one year cut-off maturity corresponds to the definition of fixed investment in national accounts. The Group of 20, by comparison, uses a maturity of five years more adapted to investment horizons in financial markets (G-20 2013).
Macroeconomics is the system that connects the countless policies, resources, and technologies that make economic development happen. Without proper macro management, poverty reduction and social equity are not possible.
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. For food security objectives to be realized, all ...
15 Οκτ 2024 · Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, with 2020-2030 set to be a lost decade. 8.5 percent of the global population – almost 700 million people – live today on less than $2.15 per day, the extreme poverty line relevant for low-income countries.
