This paper studies external sovereign
bonds as an asset class. It compiles a new database of
266,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds
traded in London...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9906Date: January 20, 2022Author:
Meyer,Josefin ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Trebesch,Christoph
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass's at the
interview with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Surveillance on
January 18, 2022. He said...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 167997Date: January 18, 2022Author:
Malpass,David
Partial credit guarantees have been a
central tool in countries’ strategies to support
firms through the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the
results of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9895Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Rudolph,Heinz P. ;
Diaz Kalan,Federico Alfonso ;
Miguel Liriano,Faruk
The increasing role of the financial
sector in the move toward a more sustainable economic model
continues apace. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) shock shone a
light on the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 167995Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Gratcheva,Ekaterina M. ;
O'Reilly Gurhy,Bryan ;
Skarnulis,Andrius ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth ;
Wang,Dieter
Despite near-universal access to
financial services in advanced economies, financial
exclusion is stubbornly persistent in many emerging markets,
leaving huge swaths...
Type: BriefReport#: 168046Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Rose Innes,Cleo Elize ;
Andrieu,Jacqueline
This is the first of three Debt Reports
for 2022 to be published online over the course of the year
to provide users with data and analysis on external and
public debt...
This Toolkit is aimed primarily at
policy makers, financial institutions, and enterprises. It
examines different types of corporate restructuring
procedures on the basis...
Type: ReportReport#: 167906Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Menezes,Antonia Preciosa ;
Brodie,Simon James ;
Gropper,Akvile ;
Uttamchandani,Mahesh
This guidance note was prepared by
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group staff
under a project undertaken with the support of grants from
the Financial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157350Date: December 23, 2021Author:
Bango,Zsolt ;
Gragnani,Jose Antonio ;
O'Reilly Gurhy,Bryan ;
Paladines,Cindy Elizabeth ;
Hashimoto,Hideo ;
Mooi,Yen Nian ;
Pedras,Guilherme ;
Roy,Arindam ;
Chung,Kay ;
Galeza,Tadeusz ;
Papaioannou,Michael G. ;
Katz,Peter
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass’s in an interview with
Handelsblatt on December 13, 2021. He spoke about the
importance of the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166953Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The intensity of the Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) shock has clearly varied among micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). On a more positive
note,...
Type: ReportReport#: 166656Date: December 7, 2021Author:
Teima,Ghada O. ;
Gamser,Matthew ;
Hommes,Martin ;
Hachem,Jade Christian ;
Cuadra Miranda,Andrea
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at China’s 1+6 Roundtable
with Premier Li Keqiang on December 6, 2021. He mentioned
that the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166889Date: December 6, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Financial system safeguards against
money laundering and terrorist financing are crucial for the
integrity of the global financial system, but these
safeguards need...
Type: ReportReport#: 166203Date: December 2, 2021Author:
Celik,Kuntay
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167574Date: December 1, 2021
In March 2017, against the backdrop of
rising debt vulnerabilities, G20 countries endorsed and
committed to promote the G20 Operational Guidelines for
Sustainable Financing....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168197Date: December 1, 2021
Deep economic crises, the global
financial crisis and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
have put some strains on, and rekindled an older debate
about the costs and...
Type: BriefReport#: 166524Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende
Deep economic crises - the global
financial crisis and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic - have put some strains on and rekindled an older
debate about...
Type: BriefReport#: 166500Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende
This paper presents a comprehensive
analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on debt, puts recent debt
developments and prospects in historical context, and
analyzes new policy...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9871Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Kose,Ayhan ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte ;
Sugawara,Naotaka
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