PROBLUE: Healthy Ocean, Healthy Economies, Healthy Communities

Impact Stories

PROBLUE Impact Stories: Sierra Leone: Inspiring Innovation to Reduce Single-Use Plastics in Tourism and Beyond, May 2024

PROBLUE Impact Stories: Decarbonizing Maritime Shipping Drives Results for People and Planet, May 2024

PROBLUE Impact Stories: Innovative Fisheries Insurance: Making the Fisheries Sector in the Caribbean Resilient to Climate Events, May 2024 

Publications

Protecting Paradise: Opportunities for Insurance to Support Marine-based and Coastal Tourism in the Caribbean, February 2025 

South Sudan - Natural Resources Review, February 2025 

PROBLUE 2024 Annual Report, February 2025 

Measuring the Local Economic Impacts of Nature-Based Tourism in Madagascar, February 2025 

Lost at Sea : Combating Abandoned, Lost, and Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG), November 2024

Integrating Social Protection and Economic Inclusion with Management of Sri Lanka’s Coastal Fisheries, November 2024

Opportunities for Linking Fisheries Management and Social Protection in Solomon Islands, August 2024

Creating a Green Marine Fuel Market in South Africa, September 2024

Waves of Plastic: A Snapshot of Marine Plastic Pollution in South Asia (English), August 2024

Exploring Alternatives for the Economic Inclusion of Low-Income, Artisanal Fisher Communities in Costa Rica : Case Study of Artisanal Fishing and Mollusk Gathering Communities in Puerto Cortés and Golfo Dulce, July 2024

Connecting Social Protection, Labor Market Interventions and Fisheries Management in Viet Nam, June 2024

Supporting Sustainability in Kenya’s Fisheries through Social Protection and Labor Market Interventions, June 2024

Towards Higher : Options for Sustainable and Productive Fisheries in Indonesia - Performing Fisheries (English), June 2024

Integrating Social Protection with Fisheries Management for Sustainability : Overview of Country Case Studies, June 2024

Unlocking Financing to Combat the Plastics Crisis - Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendations for Plastic Credits (English), June 2024

The Nature-Based Solutions Opportunity Scan: Leveraging Earth Observation Data to Identify Investment Opportunities in NBS for Climate Resilience in Cities and Coasts across the World, June 2024

Roteiro de Implementação da Conta Satélite da Economia Azul em Moçambique, June 2024

Egypt - Country Environmental Analysis : Promoting Circular Economy and Blue Economy for Environmental Sustainability, June 2024

The World Bank Group and the Marine Plastics Agenda, June 2024

Aquaculture Dynamics - Constraints and Opportunities for Aquaculture Development in Southern Mozambique, June 2024

The Global Acquabusiness Investment Guide : A Living Framework to Guide Sustainable Development in the World's Fastest Growing Food Sector - Summer 2024, May 2024

Guía para la Gestion de Procesos Frente a la Erosión Costera : Guía para Tomadores de Decisiones (Spanish), May 2024

Costas Colombians : Un Análisis Integral de la Erosión Costera - Reporte Síntesis (Español), May 2024

El Género en la Gestión de la Erosión Costera en Colombia : Vulnerabilidades y Oportunidades (Español), May 2024

Municipal Solid Waste Cost Calculation Technical Guidelines for Low and Middle-Income Countries, April 2024

Island Insights: Surging Seas and Increasing Rains, Analyzing Flood Risks in São Tomé e Príncipe, District by District, April 2024

Maldives Country Environmental Analysis: Towards a More Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economy, February 2024 

Toward a National Single-use Plastics Roadmap in Vietnam: Strategic Options for Reducing Priority Single-use Plastics, April 2022 (available in Vietnamese)

Unlocking Blue Carbon Development: Investment Readiness Framework for Governments, November 2023

Hot Water Rising: The Impact of Climate Change on Indonesia’s Fisheries and Coastal Communities, November 2023

Tangled Seas: A Snapshot of Abandoned, Lost, or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear in South Asia, September 2023 

Behavior Change in Solid Waste Management - A Compendium of Cases, September 2023

Global Seaweed New and Emerging Markets Report 2023, August 2023

West Africa Circular Economy: Realizing the Potential of Plastics, July 2023

The Economics of Plastic Use and Cleanup Priorities for West African Coastal Countries, July 2023

Plastic Pollution in Coastal West Africa - Synthesis, July 2023

Building a Blue Economy Roadmap for Cambodia, July 2023

A Blue Transformation for Pacific Maritime Transport: Overarching Regional Transport, June 2023

Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, June 2023

Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping, June 2023

The Costs of Environmental Degradation from Plastic Pollution in Selected Coastal Areas in the United Republic of Tanzania, April 2023

Technical Report: Understanding the Nexus of Mangroves and Women in Ghana, March 2023

Technical Report: Understanding the Nexus of Mangroves and Women in Guinea-Conakry, March 2023

Technical Report: West Africa Coastal Areas High-Level Platform Benefits of Mangrove Afforestation and Restoration Programs in Ghana, March 2023

Technical Report: West Africa Coastal Areas High‑Level Platform Benefits of Mangrove Afforestation and Restoration Programs in Guinea‑Conakry, March 2023

Gender Integration in the Blue Economy Portfolio: Review of Experiences and Future Opportunities, October 2022

Vietnam: Plastic Pollution Diagnostics, July 2022

Offshore Wind Roadmap for Azerbaijan, June 2022

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Fisheries and Aquaculture, June 2022
Guidance Note | Rapid Needs Assessment Tool: Checklist | User Guide

Plastic Waste Management in Rwanda: An Ex-post Policy Analysis, May 2022

The Role of Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes for Packaging towards Circular Economies in APEC, May 2022

Plastic-Free Coastlines: A Contribution from the Maghreb to Address Marine Plastic Pollution, April 2022

Toward a National Single-use Plastics Roadmap in Vietnam: Strategic Options for Reducing Priority Single-use Plastics, April 2022
(available in Vietnamese)

Offshore Wind Roadmap for the Philippines, April 2022

Get Clean and Green – Solid and Plastic Waste Management in Lao PDR, April 2022

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Briefs

Plastic Credits at a Glance, November 2024

WACA Impact Stories, May 2024

Assessment and Options Analysis of Climate and Nature Financing Instruments and Opportunities, May 2023 

PROBLUE and Biodiversity, May 2023

BE4RAP: Blue Economy for Resilient Africa, Solutions Papers, November 2023

Circularity in Plastics in South Africa - 10 Brief Series, June 2022

Plastic-Free Coastlines: Addressing Marine Plastic Pollution in Morocco and Tunisia, May 2022

Technologies and Solutions to Manage Plastic Waste in Small and Remote Islands: Using the TOPIC Toolbox for Islands in Malaysia, May 2022

FAQs: The World Bank’s Blue Economy Program and PROBLUE: Supporting Integrated and Sustainable Economic Development in Healthy Oceans, February 2022

Strengthening Capacity on Ocean Governance, January 2022

All Briefs >>

Other Materials

Infographic: Blue Carbon in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Webpage: World Bank Group and the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Process

Webpage: Integrating Landscape, Seascape, and Natural Capital Approaches for People, Planet, and Prosperity

eBook: WACA Plastics eBook

Webpage: Blue Economy for Resilient Africa Program

Webpage: Marine Spatial Planning for a Resilient and Inclusive Blue Economy Toolkit, November 2022

Policy Note: Connecting Social Protection and Fisheries Management for Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework, May 2022

Program Overview: PROBLUE: Supporting Integrated and Sustainable Development in Healthy Oceans, September 2022

Brochure: BEDF | The Blue Economy Development Framework: A Toolkit for A Sustainable Ocean Economy (in French | in Spanish)

Externally Supported Work 

Report: Taking Stock: Online Transparency of Fisheries Management Information, 2022

Infographic: Connecting social protection and fisheries management for sustainability, 2022

Press Release: ASEAN Member States Adopt Regional Action Plan to Tackle Plastic Pollution, May 2021

Video: The FiTI Standard - Defining what information on fisheries must be published online by governments, January 2021

Video: Sustainable fisheries need transparency! January 2021