The overall and external debt of the Republic of Congo are classified as “in distress,” reflecting the ongoing restructuring and audit of domestic arrears, as well as the recurrent accumulation of temporary...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 194667Date: July 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Dominica’s debt is sustainable, but the country remains at high risk of debt distress with elevated levels of public and external debt. The COVID-19 pandemic compounded preexisting debt sustainability...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192786Date: July 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
On July 30, 2024, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and nineteen. It was resolved that the 2024 regular election of Directors shall...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192965Date: July 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Carbon markets could be a game changer in advancing climate action. But they have to be trustworthy, transparent, result in real climate mitigation and bring tangible benefits, especially for developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192780Date: July 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Recent indicators of economic activity point to a gradual recovery, supported by improvement in manufacturing production, goods exports, and tourism. The number of tourist arrivals expanded, nearing pre-pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 192773Date: July 30, 2024Author:
Warunthorn Puthong
Accurate measurement of poverty is an urgent priority for Suriname. In the media and the public debate, much of the discussion about poverty centers on the impact of the macroeconomic crises that started...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 192595Date: July 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
In response to the macroeconomic crisis of 2020, the government of Suriname launched an economic recovery program to put the country back on a path of fiscal sustainability. The availability of the IDB’s...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 192595Date: July 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
This note provides guidance for project teams to integrate gender considerations into disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) activities and policies. It is one element of a broader effort by the...
Type: ReportReport#: 192768Date: July 29, 2024Author:
Anja Robakowski-Van Stralen ;
Roberts, Lisa
This approach paper examines the role of additionality for environmental integrity under Article 6.2 approaches. It analyzes the relevance of additionality determination methods from market mechanisms...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193123Date: July 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), fiscal years FY16-20, approved on June 16, 2016, and updated...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 193218Date: July 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
The labor market constitutes a major component of any economy because it is intricately linked to markets for capital, goods, and services. The availability of both a household-level survey conducted by...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 192595Date: July 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
Botswana’s fast diamond-based growth, significant public investment, and political stability catapulted it into a stable upper-middle-income country and improved living standards. Despite its income status,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 192749Date: July 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This guidance note provides recommendations for developing gender factbooks as a channel to effectively communicate gender statistics, which serves as a critical input to designing and monitoring policies...
Type: ReportReport#: 186752Date: July 26, 2024Author:
Anderson, Jessica ;
Anna Tabitha Bonfert ;
Heather G. Moylan ;
Miriam Muller
Côte d’Ivoire has experienced almost a decade of macroeconomic stability prior to the COVID pandemic. Recent economic shocks, including COVID and the war in Ukraine, have triggered a strong fiscal response....
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: AUS0003539Date: July 26, 2024Author:
Nathalie Picarelli ;
Solene Rougeaux
This guidance note provides recommendations on how to operationalize methodological advances for indicators related to women’s economic empowerment in survey design and implementation, focusing on three...
Type: ReportReport#: 175574Date: July 26, 2024Author:
Anna Tabitha Bonfert ;
Heather G. Moylan ;
Miriam Muller ;
Talip Kilic
Empirical evidence on the potential impacts of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is mostly focused on high-income countries. In contrast, little is known about the role of this technology on the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10863Date: July 26, 2024Author:
Gmyrek,Pawel ;
Hernan Winkler ;
Garganta,Santiago
The training is based on research funded by the UK Government-UNHCR-World Bank Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement (BEoFD) research program and organized by BEoFD in collaboration with the World...
Type: BriefReport#: 192733Date: July 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
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