Press Release
To Mitigate the Economic Impact of Covid-19 and Hasten Recovery
To Mitigate the Economic Impact of Covid-19 and Hasten Recovery
US$35 million for Tunisia's health sector.
The first dialogue forum will focus on the theme of "Human Capital and Inclusive Growth."
The project will finance the key ingredients of improved management of natural resources; including more accurate data for well informed decisions, and laws that promote better and integrated management.
Country Director for the Maghreb and Malta
Country Manager for Tunisia
GDP growth is projected to be 0.6% in the region in 2019, a fraction of what is needed to create enough jobs for the fast-growing working-age population in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.
World Bank economists expect economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to continue at a modest pace of about 1.5 to 3.5 percent during 2019-2021, with some laggards and a few emerging growth stars.
This report identifies key factors weighing on Syrian refugees contemplating a return home and analyzes how changing conditions in Syria might affect their decisions.
