The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network 2024 Global Progress Brief offers a comprehensive benchmarking of sustainable finance trends and initiatives across 66 member countries. It highlights key achievements,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196896Date: January 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study explored the use of a state-of-the-art collection of high-quality in situ datasets, following best practices13 to inform biomass estimates derived through remote sensing. The intention was to...
Type: ReportReport#: 196911Date: January 29, 2025Author:
Aguilar Amuchastegui, Naikoa ;
Belenky, Lucas Gregory ;
Burt, Andrew ;
Leal, Catalina Becerra ;
Galindo, Gustavo ;
Botero, Maria Fernanda Jaramillo ;
Kiesslich, Norman ;
Matteson, Ryan ;
Michel Fuentes, Jose Maria ;
Peneva-Reed, Ellie ;
Vilca, Beisit Luz Puma ;
Sanchez, Natalie
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of: (i) Somalia’s climate and disaster risk profile, (ii) the economic and financial impact of past disasters, (iii) the status of disaster risk finance...
Type: ReportReport#: 196881Date: January 28, 2025Author:
Ndlovu, Qhelile ;
Pietrkiewicz, Michal Krzysztof ;
Utedzi, Tamella ;
Montier, Emily ;
Harris, Clare
Nitrogen fertilizer is essential for boosting agricultural yields and food production. However, agricultural subsidies often drive the inefficient application of fertilizer, leading to significant costs...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11050Date: January 28, 2025Author:
Zaveri, Esha Dilip
This paper examines technology sophistication in establishments. To comprehensively measure technology sophistication, a grid is created that covers key business functions and the technologies used to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11051Date: January 28, 2025Author:
Comin,Diego A. ;
Cirera, Xavier ;
Cruz, Marcio
This report aims to establish a fundamental guide for the cross-border integration of power grids and markets, with a particular focus on the context of developing and emerging countries, to further streamline...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 196366Date: January 28, 2025Author:
Fujioka, Naoki ;
Sanchez, Pedro E. ;
Aldayarov, Mirlan
How does forced displacement shape development in origin countries? This article examines the case of Venezuela, where nearly eight million people have been forcibly displaced. To do this, it compares...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11049Date: January 28, 2025Author:
Cabra-Ruiz,Nicolás ;
Rozo, Sandra ;
Sviatschi,María Micaela
The Country Opinion Survey in Belize assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how stakeholders in Belize perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 196892Date: January 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Belize assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how stakeholders in Belize perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 196892Date: January 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This memorandum provides the quarterly update of IBRD’s lending rates and spreads pursuant to the standard loan pricing as defined in the Bank Policy and Directive Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197197Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper uses a vulnerability-based approach to analyze the evolution of the middle class in Europe between 2005–08 and 2015–18. The analysis reveals that, on average, the income level needed to ensure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11047Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Bussolo, Maurizio ;
Karver, Jonathan George ;
Lokshin, Michael M. ;
Lopez-Calva, Luis-Felipe ;
Torre, Ivan
On January 27, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and eleven. It was resolved that the 2027 Annual Meetings...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197122Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
Kazakhstan's economy is estimated to have grown by 4.0 percent in 2024. A temporary acceleration to 4.5–5.0 percent growth is projected in 2025, supported by a one-off surge in oil production, export growth,...
Type: ReportReport#: 196872Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Agaidarov, Azamat
Malawi’s economic recovery remains fragile due to the slow implementation of macroeconomic adjustment reforms and a series of recent shocks. Food insecurity remains a major concern due to weak harvests...
Type: ReportReport#: 196851Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Engel, Jakob ;
Mussa, Anwar ;
Chilima, Efrem Zephnath ;
Adiya, Tsolmon ;
Lokanc, Martin ;
Cardona, Lina Marcela ;
Njati Banda, Innocent ;
McKenna, Miles ;
Douglas-Hamilton, Charles Douglas ;
Soininen, Krista Alexandra
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