Presentation discussing economic, environmental and social sustainability triad
We need progress in economic, environmental and social sustainability; Foundations of the sustainability literature since...
Type: ReportReport#: 200071Date: March 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
The recovery of private sector investments in infrastructure (also called private participation in infrastructure (PPI), which began after the COVID-19 pandemic, has continued into 2022. In total, private...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 197544Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Deblina Saha ;
Seong Ho Hong ;
Apala Bhattacharya ;
Teshura Nair ;
Luba Vangelova
PPI investment in 2023 amounted to 86.0 billion dollars, representing 0.2 percent of the GDP of all low- and middle-income countries (38.8 trillion dollars). Although this represents a slight decrease...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 200084Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Deblina Saha ;
Seong Ho Hong
This disaster risk finance (DFR) diagnostic was prepared by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in response to a request from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) for a study...
Type: ReportReport#: 200027Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Qhelile Ndlovu ;
Michal Krzysztof Pietrkiewicz ;
Chituku, Tawanda
In 2012, Somalia was considered a failed state characterized by multiple, protracted, and deeply rooted fragility and development challenges. Today, Somalia remains one of the poorest and most fragile...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 197395Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
Managing the impacts of disasters in emerging markets is an urgent necessity as climate related shocks grow in frequency and intensity. Governments face fiscal constraints, and insurance penetration remains...
Type: ReportReport#: 200025Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Bianca Adam ;
Stephane Hallegatte ;
Olivier Mahul
This Knowledge Note presents two sets of analytical work to further our understanding of the links between public support in the agrifood sector and healthy diets. While the analytical work here is mostly...
Type: ReportReport#: 200021Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Middle East and North Africa faces significant climate challenges, such as increasing temperatures, heightened flood risks, frequent droughts, and growing air pollution issues. These challenges are...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11092Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Balasubramanian,Chitra ;
Sandra Baquie ;
Alan Fuchs
This report assesses the current performance of tourism in the Caribbean1 and, in light of the new trends, identifies future pathways and policies for sustainable growth in three targeted segments. These...
Type: ReportReport#: 200019Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
Togo has achieved significant development gains over the last decade, but progress is still held back by slow structural transformation and a large urban-rural divide. Togo was able to achieve relatively...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 200057Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The employment structure in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) differs markedly from that in advanced economies, which has implications for adjustment to cyclical conditions. This paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11089Date: March 24, 2025Author:
Loungani,Prakash ;
Emiliano Evaristo Luttini ;
Hayley Marie Pallan
The World Bank Group considers itself a “Knowledge Bank.” The Bank’s knowledge work contributes to development outcomes both by informing clients in various policy and reform areas, and by informing staff...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 197067Date: March 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper documents new facts on corporate taxation and the revenue potential of corporate minimum taxes, leveraging firm-level tax returns from 16 countries. First, effective tax rates follow a humped-shaped...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11090Date: March 24, 2025Author:
Pierre Bachas ;
Anne Brockmeyer ;
Roel Dom ;
Camille Marine Semelet
This Handbook is for practitioners working in the social protection or fisheries sectors searching for innovative ways to promote sustainable fisheries and reduce human vulnerability. Amid a global decline...
Ratings for the Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains Project for Morocco were as follows: overall efficacy is rated modest, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the monitoring and evaluation...
Type: Implementation Completion and Results ReportReport#: ICR00258Date: March 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the data sources and methodologies used in economic research on corruption by analyzing 339 journal articles published in 2022 that include Journal of Economic Literature codes. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11091Date: March 24, 2025Author:
James Anderson ;
Akanksha Baidya
Drawing on global innovations in social registries, including those in the Sahel region, this presentation provides key considerations for the design and adaptation of social registries to enchance their...
Type: BriefReport#: 200011Date: March 24, 2025Author:
Luis Inaki Alberro Encinas ;
Sebastian Geschwind
The singularity of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement resides in its comprehensiveness; the agreement considers most of the challenges associated with international trade and identifies provisions to...
Type: BriefReport#: 198042Date: March 21, 2025Author:
World Bank
National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFC) are key to the two major international agreements defining the way forward for trade facilitation (TF) reforms in the region: the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 198041Date: March 21, 2025Author:
World Bank
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