PROBLUE: Healthy Oceans, Healthy Economies, Healthy Communities

Publications

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

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

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

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Other Materials

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