Over the 2016-2018 reporting period,
Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today (UPBEAT)
gathered data on utilities, both publicly and privately
owned, in countries...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 162988Date: August 16, 2021
Robust corporate governance is vital if
power utilities are to perform well (Irwin and Yamamoto
2004; Foster and Rana 2020). Corporate governance has
internal and external...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 162891Date: August 12, 2021Author:
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Driscall,Ian ;
A Lee, Min
According to the updated Low-Income
Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC DSF), the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s
debt-carrying capacity remains...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 163267Date: August 1, 2021
Cameroon is at high risk of external and
overall public debt distress. Three out of four external
debt indicators breach the thresholds under the baseline
scenario,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 163266Date: August 1, 2021
This paper introduces a global database
that contains inflation series: (i) for a wide range of
inflation measures (headline, food, energy, and core
consumer price inflation;...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9737Date: July 27, 2021Author:
Ha,Jongrim ;
Kose,Ayhan ;
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte
Investors, including International
Finance Corporation (IFC) and other development finance
institutions, increasingly look at governance as an
indicator of firm quality...
Type: ReportReport#: 162129Date: July 27, 2021Author:
Karapetyan,Davit ;
Wasti,Nazeem A. ;
Volynets,Alexey K. ;
Di Miceli Da Silveira,Alexandre
Following its IPO, Blue Bird approached
International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the
company’s efforts to strengthen its corporate governance
(CG) framework...
Type: ReportReport#: 162165Date: July 27, 2021Author:
Razook,James Christopher ;
Erkurtoglu Savas,Leyal
IFC has always believed that the private
sector is a powerful driver of growth. However, the private
sector will not be able to access capital markets, let alone
thrive...
Type: BriefReport#: 162125Date: July 26, 2021Author:
Lazarus,Kate M. ;
Pratiwi,Rahajeng ;
Erkurtoglu Savas,Leyal
This report discusses strengthening the
provision of payment services in the countries of the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region as an essential step to
integrate...
This report discusses the remarks by
World Bank Group President David Malpass at the G20 Session
of International Financial Architecture – Lead Intervention
on July...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 161530Date: July 9, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Over the past decade, Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) has been seen to offer an effective solution to the
transport challenges faced in many cities in Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA),...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002434Date: July 8, 2021Author:
Fan,Hongye ;
Beukes,Edward Andrew ;
Neves,Philippe
Over the past decade, Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) has been seen to offer an effective solution to the
transport challenges faced in many cities in Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA),...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002434Date: July 8, 2021Author:
Fan,Hongye ;
Beukes,Edward Andrew ;
Neves,Philippe
Impact investing has seen a boost in
popularity during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic due to
increased awareness of climate change and social challenges
such as...
Type: ReportReport#: 162818Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Volk,Ariane Tamara
This paper sets out a summary of the
survey responses. The survey questionnaire was issued to 179
jurisdictions and this review is focused on geographical
groups and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 162269Date: July 1, 2021Author:
The World Bank ;
Bank for International Settlements
Financial inclusion is expected to help
address poverty and shared prosperity by improving and
smoothing household incomes at the same time as reducing
vulnerability...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 161418Date: June 30, 2021
Improving accounting and audit (A and A)
curricula for university and professional education programs
is a research project conducted under supervision of World
Bank....
This report was commissioned by the
World Bank Group’s (WBG) financial inclusion support
framework program, with financial support from the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs...
The World Bank (WB) has been monitoring
closely the developments of Fast Payment Systems (FPS) by
central banks and private players across the globe. This
comprehensive...
Type: ReportReport#: 163891Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Bossone,Biagio
In 2020 Latin America and Carribean
(LAC) and developed economies introduced parametric changes
in their Credit Guarantee Schemes (CGS). Only one third of
CGSs require...
Type: ReportReport#: 161269Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Rudolph,Heinz P. ;
Diaz Kalan,Federico Alfonso ;
Miguel Liriano,Faruk
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