Earlier this week, the Philippines had the honor of hosting the High-Level Conference of Middle-Income Countries (MICs), which convened more than 200 delegates from 24 countries and 77 stakeholder ...

With the risk of India getting stuck in the middle-income trap, the government is working on a detailed report on how to avoid such a situation. Sources told TNIE that India has only 20 years left to ...

In the bustling corridors of the World Bank's Annual Meetings this past October, a diverse group of finance ministers and policymakers from across the globe convened to tackle a pressing issue: the ...

The World Bank recently announced that 34 economies have achieved high-income status in recent decades, suggesting that the middle-income trap may not be as formidable as many believed. But this ...

ASEAN’s middle-income economies face mounting challenges escaping economic stagnation due to weak institutions, limited domestic innovation and over-reliance on foreign multinationals. Unlike ...

One of the great questions facing China is whether or not its economy can continue to produce the rapid gains in welfare for its giant population that the country has witnessed over the past 30 years.