
Economic convergence, demography, labour markets: what progress have EU candidate countries made?
Candidate countries remain far from European Union averages in terms of GDP per capita and their demographic and labour

Candidate countries remain far from European Union averages in terms of GDP per capita and their demographic and labour

EU firms in China face low profits, rising pressure and reduced expansion, prompting strategy shifts and calls for stronger

The EU should tweak its recent fiscal rule reform, capitalising on new realities to make improvements. The European Union’s

Faced with the prospect of the US government imposing higher trade tariffs, European consumers are rethinking what they buy.

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking

Although the source and duration of the destruction differ, wars and natural disasters disrupt economies in similar ways. This

In Paris, authorities closed more than 1,000 schools — and the summit of the Eiffel Tower — during last month’s heatwave.

For years, the World Bank Group’s systems for measuring results operated in parallel tracks: corporate Scorecards that monitored performance

In the fight against poverty, timely, reliable, and open data is our compass. Without it, we are unable to

Agricultural commodity prices continued their downward trend in the second quarter of 2025, with the World Bank’s agricultural price

Candidate countries remain far from European Union averages in terms of GDP per capita and their demographic and labour

EU firms in China face low profits, rising pressure and reduced expansion, prompting strategy shifts and calls for stronger

The EU should tweak its recent fiscal rule reform, capitalising on new realities to make improvements. The European Union’s

Faced with the prospect of the US government imposing higher trade tariffs, European consumers are rethinking what they buy.

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking

Although the source and duration of the destruction differ, wars and natural disasters disrupt economies in similar ways. This

In Paris, authorities closed more than 1,000 schools — and the summit of the Eiffel Tower — during last month’s heatwave.

For years, the World Bank Group’s systems for measuring results operated in parallel tracks: corporate Scorecards that monitored performance

In the fight against poverty, timely, reliable, and open data is our compass. Without it, we are unable to

Agricultural commodity prices continued their downward trend in the second quarter of 2025, with the World Bank’s agricultural price




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