Which one of the following issues the 'Global Economic Prospects' report periodically?

Explicitly states the 'Global Economic Prospects' (GEP) report is issued by the World Bank Group twice a year.

A student could combine this with the basic fact that one organization typically 'owns' a report title to suspect ADB is not the publisher and then verify publisher lists from 2015.

Provides a multiple‑choice question listing ADB and World Bank as candidate issuers of GEP, implying the question tests which institution publishes GEP.

A student could infer the intended correct answer is not ADB (given other evidence) and check official 2015 bibliographies for confirmation.

States that the Asian Development Bank publishes the 'Asian Development Outlook' annually — showing ADB uses a different, regionally named flagship economic report.

Using the fact ADB has its own regional outlook title, a student could judge it less likely ADB also issued a global report named GEP and then compare report titles in 2015.

Notes that the IMF publishes the 'World Economic Outlook', illustrating that major institutions each publish distinct, named global economic reports.

A student could apply this pattern (distinct report titles per institution) to reason that 'Global Economic Prospects' is likely tied to one specific institution (as snippet 1 says) rather than ADB.

Mentions 'World Development Report' is published by the World Bank annually, showing the World Bank regularly issues major reports on development and prospects.

A student could extend this to infer the World Bank commonly publishes flagship reports (supporting the snippet that GEP is a World Bank product), reducing the plausibility that ADB published GEP in 2015.

Explicitly states the 'Global Economic Prospects' (GEP) report is issued by the World Bank Group twice a year.

A student could infer that GEP is normally a World Bank product and therefore check whether another bank (EBRD) would also publish the same named global report—one would expect the publisher to be the World Bank rather than EBRD.

Describes that the IMF publishes its well-known periodic global report 'World Economic Outlook' (WEO) and indicates different institutions have their own signature periodic reports.

Use the pattern that major multilateral institutions publish distinct flagship reports (IMF → WEO, World Bank → GEP); therefore, a student can judge it unlikely that EBRD would publish another institution's flagship global report.

Notes IMF publishes two periodic surveillance reports and implicitly supports the idea that specific reports are associated with specific institutions.

Combine with the GEP→World Bank link to reason that periodic global reports are institution-specific; a student could then look up EBRD's typical publications to see if GEP appears among them.

Summarises EBRD's mandate and role as a regional/multilateral development bank focused on private sector development.

Given EBRD's regional/development focus, a student might expect its flagship publications to target regional transition economies rather than a global 'GEP'—so they could check EBRD publication lists or compare mandates (World Bank vs EBRD).

States the World Development Report is published annually by IBRD/World Bank, reinforcing that the World Bank issues major recurring global reports.

Reinforces the pattern that the World Bank issues multiple regular global reports (WDR, GEP), so one would first attribute GEP to the World Bank and not to EBRD when evaluating the statement.

Explicitly states the 'Global Economic Prospects' (GEP) is issued by the World Bank Group twice a year.

A student could use this to infer that the World Bank, not the US Federal Reserve, is the regular publisher and then check World Bank publications from 2015.

Presents a multiple-choice question listing the US Federal Reserve Bank and the World Bank as answer options for who periodically issues GEP, implying an authoritative identification exists in the text.

A student could use the MCQ format to rule out the Fed by consulting the corresponding answer key or the referenced chapter where the correct publisher is discussed (likely World Bank).

Shows IMF publishes its own periodic global reports ('World Economic Outlook' and 'Global Financial Stability Report'), illustrating that major international organisations (IMF, World Bank) — not central banks like the Fed — typically publish such global prospect reports.

A student could generalise that institution-level global reports are usually produced by multilateral organisations and then check if the Fed (a central bank) appears in that list for GEP.

Explains that a central bank (RBI) publishes its own regular reports (Monetary Policy Report, Financial Stability Report), suggesting central banks produce domestically focused periodic reports rather than GEP-style global prospectus.

A student could extend this pattern to reason that the US Federal Reserve would more likely publish domestic/financial stability reports, so they should verify whether the Fed issues a GEP or not.

Details that IMF publishes the 'World Economic Outlook' twice a year — another example that large multilateral institutions produce named global outlook reports.

A student could compare the named global reports (IMF WEO, World Bank GEP) and infer that GEP aligns with World Bank practice rather than Fed activities, then check 2015 archives accordingly.