The Costa Rican offsetting mechanism
(mecanismo de compensacion de Costa Rica, MCCR) is a
domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting instrument to
address the structural...
Costa Rica’s national carbon neutrality
program (programa pais de carbono neutralidad, PPCN) is an
official mechanism for participants to join the country’s
long-term...
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by David Malpass, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on: the importance of investing in human capital
for a green,...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 157934Date: April 5, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
South Asia region’s economies are
beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in
industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID
levels but some...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157866Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Mercer-Blackman,Valerie Anne ;
Bussolo,Maurizio ;
Lee,Jean Nahrae ;
Timmer,Hans ;
Do Rosario Francisco,Maria Manuela ;
Kherous Allaoua,Zoubida
The World Bank initiated the poverty and
social impact assessment (PSIA) as part of the broader
technical and financial assessment of the Serbian district
heating (DH)...
This study explores the far-reaching
economic consequences emerging from the archipelagic nature
of most Pacific Island countries (PICs). The dispersion of
populations...
Type: ReportReport#: 157858Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Utz,Robert Johann ;
Butcher-Gollach,Colleen ;
Craig,David ;
Dornan,Matthew Selwyn ;
Edwards,Kim Alan ;
Halstead,Imogen Cara ;
Hasanov,Rashad ;
Horscroft,Virginia Ann ;
Naidoo,Darian ;
Piatkov,Veronica ;
Saldivar-Sali,Artessa ;
Shi,Stone ;
Xia,Boer
Natural capital is related to government
bonds through the macroeconomy and credit risks. This paper
estimates this relationship from the long-term,
between-country...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9606Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Wang,Dieter
Serbia has adopted extensive reform in
its energy sector over the past two decades as part of a
transition toward more competitive, market-based principles.
Serbian...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 159359Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Gassner,Katharina B. ;
Hofer,Kathrin
Although Bhutan has made progress in
recent years, notably by initiating the development of a
domestic e-commerce ecosystem, gaps still remain. The Royal
Government...
While Bulgaria’s housing sector faces
numerous challenges that affect large parts of the
populations, marginalized communities find themselves in
particularly precarious...
A year after the first case was
confirmed in Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) is proving hard
to suppress even, while the emergence of more transmissible
variants of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157742Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.
2020 was an unprecedented year for the
oil and gas industry and a historic time for the world. The
COVID-19 pandemic dampened oil demand, prices and
production, while...
The World Bank initiated the poverty and
social impact assessment (PSIA) as part of the broader
technical and financial assessment of the Serbian district
heating (DH)...
This brief focuses on the World Bank
District heating and residential energy efficiency study
with poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) in Serbia as
of April 2021.
The World Bank Pakistan Development
Update (PDU) provides an update on the Pakistani economy,
its economic outlook, together with the development
challenges it faces...
Serbia has adopted extensive reform in
its energy sector over the past two decades as part of a
transition toward more competitive, market-based principles.
Serbian...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 159359Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Gassner,Katharina B.
Government-led economic reform programs
have been an important vehicle to improve the lives of
Egyptian citizens. This case study describes one of these
programs, which...
Type: ReportReport#: 158599Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Leipziger,Alexander Lewis ;
Kazem,Amira Mohamed Ibrahim ;
Elshalakani,Amr ;
Moubarak,Amr S. ;
Davidar,Deepika ;
Mackintosh,Fiona J. ;
Miwa,Keiko ;
Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura ;
Zeitoun,Nahla Ahmed Mohamed Salaheldin ;
El-Saharty,Sameh ;
Elassiouty,Souraya Mahmoud Moustafa
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