World Bank
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Iran’s economy to grow 3.2% in 2024: WB
The World Bank (WB), in its latest report, predicted that Iran’s economy will grow 3.2 percent in 2024 and the inflation rate will decrease to 35 percent.
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World Bank:
Iran higher than 144 countries in terms of digital index
The World Bank announced that Iran is ranked 73rd among 217 countries and autonomous regions in terms of the electronic-government index.
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World bank puts Iran’s economic growth in 2023 at 4.2%
The World Bank (WB) in its latest report put Iran’s economic growth in 2023 at 4.2 percent, which is twice higher than that of the average economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa…
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World Bank Decries Subsidies
EghtesadOnline: Trillions of dollars are wasted on subsidies for agriculture, fishing and fossil fuels that could be used to help address climate change instead of harming people and the planet,…
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World Bank Forecasts Iran’s Economic Growth to Slow Down
EghtesadOnline: Growth in FY2023/24 has been revised down by 0.5 percentage point to 2.2%, on account of slower growth in key trading partners and new export competition from discounted Russian…
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World Bank Reports on Iran's External Debt
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s long-term foreign debt reached $1.06 billion at the end of last year, down from $1.313 billion reported in 2020. The data showed short-term debt rose to $2.508 billion…
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World Bank Approves $90m Loan to Iran to Help Contain Pandemic
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank will give $90 million to Iran to help it cope with the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran…
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World Bank Revises Up Forecasts, Estimates About Iran’s GDP Growth
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank has revised up its estimates and forecasts about Iran’s economic growth.
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World Bank Report Expects Iran cGrowth to Rebound in 2021
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank expects Iran’s economy to bounce back from negative growth in 2021 with 1.5% expansion in gross domestic product.
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World Bank Places Iran Among Upper Middle-Income Economies
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank has incorporated Iran into the group of upper middle-income economies in 2019.
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Official Expounds on World Bank Doing Business Report
EghtesadOnline: There is great deal of criticism against the World Bank’s Doing Business Report and its associated country rankings, Ali Firouzi, an official with the Ministry of Economic Affairs…
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World Bank Anticipates Iranian Economy to Bounce Back in 2021
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank expects Iran's economy to bounce back to growth in 2021 with 2.1% in GDP expansion after having experienced an estimated 5.3% contraction this year.
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Iran to Receive Corona Fund From World Bank
EghtesadOnline: Iran will receive $50 million from the World Bank to help the health sector cope with the coronavirus pandemic, a deputy health minister said.
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World Bank on Iran: No Growth Until 2021
EghtesasdOnline: The World Bank estimates that Iran's economy shrank 8.7% in 2019 compared to the previous year.
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World Bank Predicts 8.7% Contraction for Iran in Fiscal 2019-20
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s economy is expected to contract further by 8.7% in 2019-20 due to external shocks to oil and gas output.
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Divided EU Taps Bulgaria's Georgieva as IMF Candidate
EghtesadOnline: EU ministers on Friday chose the Bulgarian number two of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva as the bloc's candidate to become IMF chief, in a fractious vote that failed to heal…
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World Bank Downgrades Iran Growth Forecasts
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank has downgraded its estimates and forecasts on Iran's economic growth.
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World Bank Downgrades Iran's Growth Estimates, Forecasts
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank has downgraded Iran's economic growth estimates and forecasts in a new report.
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Iran's Economy to Shrink, Before Ascending in 2020: World Bank
EghtesadOnline: Latest World Bank projections show Iran's gross domestic product will continue to contract in 2019, before reversing gear in 2020.
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Iran's Doing Business Ranking Expected to Drop Further
EghtesadOnline: Iran's global ranking in terms of ease of doing business declined in the latest 2019 report published by the World Bank.
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Iran’s Ease of Doing Business Score Improves: World Bank's Latest Report Shows
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s ease of doing business score has seen an improvement of 2.34 percentage point, though its ranking among 190 economies in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report…
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World Bank Presents Iran's Economic Outlook
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s GDP growth in 2017-18 dropped to 3.8%, as the effect of a large surge in oil revenues in the previous year dissipated.
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A Critical Overview of Economic Mechanisms
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s economy is on the brink of experiencing a crisis, if not already. What got us here? Farhad Nili, the representative of the Central Bank of Iran to the World Bank, believes…
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Iran Climbs 32 Places in WB’s 2018 Logistic Performance Index
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s world ranking in the Logistic Performance Index improved 32 places within two years as, with the score of 2.85, the country was positioned at 64th place out of a total…
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World Bank: Iran’s Growth to Stabilize Above 4 Percent
EghtesadOnline: As the impact of the previous year’s boost in oil production and exports dissipates, Iran's overall growth rate is expected to stabilize at around 4.2%, with a larger contribution…
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Roadmap to Improve Iran’s Trading Across Borders
EghtesadOnline: As part of its Doing Business project, the World Bank also monitors indices concerning trading across borders and the numbers indicate Iran is not doing well.
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WB Forecasts 4.3% Growth for Iran by 2020
EghtesadOnline: Growth in Iran, the second largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region, is expected to reach 4.3% by 2020, with higher investment growth offset by lower oil production…
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Iran Slips in WB’s Ease of Doing Business Ranking
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank’s latest report on ease of doing business shows Iran ranks 124th among the 190 economies, indicating a four-notch slide in Iran’s regulatory improvement from last…
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European, Asian States Eager to Broaden Economic Ties with Iran
EghtesadOnline: Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian has separately met his counterparts from France, Denmark, India and Afghanistan as part of his trip to Washington, DC…
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What Global Finance Chiefs Are Saying About the Economy
EghtesadOnline: Don’t celebrate too soon. That was the key message as policy makers and investors left Washington on Sunday after attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund…