Roberto N. Fattal Jaef is a Senior Economist in the Macroeconomics and Growth team of the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice-Presidency. His research interests cover various areas of macroeconomics, with a special emphasis on economic growth. Current and recent research topics include: 1) understanding the role of market distortions for firm level behavior, entrepreneurship, and long ...
Viet Nam’s economy is forecast to grow 6.1 percent in 2024, and 6.5 percent in both 2025 and 2026, up from 5 percent last year, according to the Bank’s latest Taking Stock report. The report highlights the resilience of the Vietnamese economy despite rising global challenges.
Students should choose this course if they want a deeper understanding of the macroeconomic forces that shape business environments, government policy, and global markets. The course is particularly ...
Against the backdrop of persistent and recently widening global imbalances, the paper presents a structured framework for understanding how domestic policies can influence current account positions by ...
The primary insight for SA from better understanding new normal economics is that the nation’s political economy is built on policies and beliefs which stand in opposition to how prosperity is ...
Explore how political economy examines the impacts of economic theories, like capitalism, on real-world interactions and policies globally.
Growth is the essential ingredient for sustained poverty reduction. The Macroeconomics and Growth Research Program focuses on identifying the contribution of policies and institutional changes to the diversity in growth and aggregate economic performance around the world.
The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Finance Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department that invites leading researchers to present their recent research in a seminar format.