ArmInfo. GDP growth of at least 7.5%2will be ensured in Armenia in 2019. This forecast was made by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran  Khachatryan on December 26 at a meeting of the RA Government.

ArmInfo. On December 20, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first debriefing of the Stand-by loan agreement with  Armenia.

ArmInfo. As of December 1, the export of agricultural products (fresh and canned) amounted to  141.2 thousand tons, slightly declining year on year due to a decrease in the apricot crop. Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Artak Kamalyan announced this on December 24 during a press conference.

ArmInfo. In 2020, Armenia plans to attract 171.6 billion drams or $ 360.2 million (the estimated rate of the US dollar to the Armenian dram 476.46). Head of the department  for accounting and servicing of the Department of Public Debt  Management of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia Artak Marutyan  informed ArmInfo about this.

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the World Ban's (WB) Trade Promotion and Quality  Infrastructure Project , the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of  Armenia will launch a project for the construction of logistical and  cluster stations. Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of  Armenia Naira Margaryan announced this on December 20.

ArmInfo. The World Bank again improved its forecast for GDP growth in Armenia for 2019 - expecting 6.9%, against the previous 5.5%.

ArmInfo.On the initiative of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, a workshop was held on December 13 in Yerevan on the topic "Capital Investments and  Capital Markets: Creating a Favorable Institutional and Legislative  Environment" with the participation of representatives of financial  institutions, government departments, and experts.

ArmInfo. A comprehensive social services center has been opened in the Shengavit  administrative district of Yerevan with the support of the World Bank.

ArmInfo.The World Bank represented by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will provide Armenia a loan of $ 45.8 million to  finance the country's state budget deficit in 2019. At a meeting on  December 12, the country's parliament began discussions on an  agreement with the Bank.

ArmInfo. On December 11, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the World Bank Regional Director Sebastian Molineus. The meeting was also attended  by the head of the WB Armenian office, Silvi Bosutkho.

ArmInfo. Today, Armenia has all the prerequisites to become a country of high-tech industry - from education to research and development, from the development and  production of high technologies to international sales and  applications in various fields of economy and everyday life. This  opinion was expressed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran  Avinyan on December 11 at the sidelines of the seminar "Realization  of the technological potential of Armenia", organized by the World  Bank.

ArmInfo. On December 11, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received World Bank Regional Director Sebastian Molineus. The meeting was also attended  by the head of the WB Armenian office, Silvi Bosutkho.

ArmInfo. According to the results of 2020, the state debt of Armenia will amount to $ 7.6  billion or 51.2% of GDP (the estimated exchange rate of the Armenian  dram to the dollar is 476.4 AMD). This is stated in the law "On the  State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2020".

ArmInfo. Deputy Economy Ministers of Armenia Varos Simoyan and Naira Margaryan met with World Bank (WB) Trade Promotion and Quality Infrastructure program Managers  Yerali Beksultan and Karen Grigoryan, as well as Program Coordinator  Georgi Khachatryan.

ArmInfo.On November 28, the Armenian government approved a draft law on ratification of a loan agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD - the main lending  institution of the World Bank) " Economic, Fiscal, and Public Sector  Governance Development Policy Loan Project".

ArmInfo. Under the chairmanship of Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the government of Armenia discussed the implementation of programs implemented with the  assistance of the World Bank (WB). The discussion was attended by  representatives of the responsible departments and the WB, as well as  program managers. The meeting was also attended by the Country  Manager of the WB for Armenia Sylvie Bossoutrot.

ArmInfo. The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved today a new, EUR 45.8 million (US $50 million) loan for the Armenia Governance Development Policy  Operation (DPO), a budget support operation, the press service of the  WB informs.

ArmInfo. On November 20,  Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received the head of  the World Bank (WB) Armenian office Sylvie Bossoutrot, and the team  of the "Local Economy and Infrastructure Development" credit program.  

ArmInfo. In 2020, Armenia will begin implementing a program of tax reforms that are aimed at improving the competitiveness of the economy by easing the tax  burden. This was announced on November 13 from the rostrum of the  National Assembly of the RA Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan,  who introduced the draft law "On the State Budget of the RA 2020".

ArmInfo. Attracting several investors to Armenia represented by transnational corporations (TNCs) will allow the country to start playing for high stakes.  This  opinion was expressed by Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan in an  interview with ArmInfo's economic columnist.