The port-city interface has evolved through prolonged interactions between ports and their
hinterlands. It has been shaped by various factors such as global, regional, and local economic
trends; the industries...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The increasing threat of climate change and awareness of other environmental challenges, such as air pollution, water contamination, waste management, or ecosystems damages, has put additional pressure...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report is the first output of a multi-year ‘Blueing the Black Sea’ regional program to create a shared regional framework for sustainable management of the Black Sea with a focus on marine pollution,...
Type: ReportReport#: 202723Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Ports are undergoing constant transformation, induced by changes in the global economy,
technology, or the environment. Port reform is influenced by factors that include aspirations for
change underpinned...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The module provides an analysis of port governance, focusing on the evolving role of port authorities in a dynamic global environment. A crucial responsibility of port authorities today is reconciling...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Any labor reform in ports should aim at ensuring a fair, secure, and rewarding work environment.
This includes stable and fulfilling employment with reasonable incomes, supported by decent and
safe working...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Digitalization has transformed ports into smart, interconnected infrastructures, driving efficiency,
sustainability, and visibility across the maritime supply chain. By replacing manual, fragmented
operations...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is evaluating the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Sustainability Framework to identify lessons for its planned update. The evaluation will focus on how IFC...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 204123Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The module uses a simple five-step change management cycle with examples and illustrative case studies that will help governments and port authorities develop a plan to respond to those trends. The assessment...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Many existing approaches to screen time management rely on simplistic time limits or general warnings that fail to address the complex realities families face. Parents often turn to screens as practical...
Type: ReportReport#: 203549Date: July 30, 2025Author:
Molina, Ezequiel
Despite growing private sector investment, ports still face significant gaps in infrastructure
financing. Many first-generation terminal concessions have expired or are nearing expiration,
requiring well-structured...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Effective economic regulation aims to improve efficiency in markets where competition is not
possible, or where competition can create negative externalities and inefficiencies. There are
markets where,...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The adoption of sustainable agricultural systems in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes is globally relevant due to the massive production of staple commodities in this region, as well as to the crucially...
Type: ReportReport#: 202394Date: July 30, 2025Author:
Bichara Rocha, Leonardo ;
Oliveira Coutinho, Guilherme ;
Pereira, Mariana de Aragão ;
Reis, Júlio César dos ;
Valentim, Judson Ferreira ;
Wruck, Flávio Jesus
This module covers four incumbent trends, namely macroeconomics, shipping market and fleet developments, the evolving role of the port authority, and port privatization and financialization. It sheds light...
Type: ReportReport#: 203561Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Bhutan has achieved steady economic progress over the past two decades, underpinned by sound macroeconomic management, strategic investments in hydropower, and a strong commitment to human development....
Type: ReportReport#: 203546Date: July 30, 2025Author:
Mallberg, Michel Ragnvald ;
Sobczynska, Ewa
Uzbekistan’s financial system has been undergoing significant changes since 2017. Reforms were underpinned by the modernization of the legal framework in 2019, which encompassed the adoption of new laws...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 203528Date: July 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
As Ukraine emerges from the devastation of war, it faces a historic opportunity to engineer its own Wirtschaftswunder—a productivity-driven economic transformation akin to post-war West Germany. While...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11174Date: July 28, 2025Author:
Akcigit, Ufuk ;
Kilic, Furkan ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Shpak, Solomiya
IFC’s FY26 budget proposal builds on the accomplishments of FY25 and marks the start of IFC’s new 2030 strategy implementation. IFC is on course to double its investment program within three years, including...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203531Date: July 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
Tajikistan’s recent economic performance has been marked by an accelerated growth trajectory, underpinned by substantial remittance inflows. Tajikistan maintained robust economic momentum in 2024 while...
Type: ReportReport#: 203494Date: July 28, 2025Author:
Albert, Marie Sabine Lydie ;
Calice, Pietro ;
Lukins, Stephanie Caitlin ;
Qurbonova, Zuhro ;
Rajabov, Alisher ;
Sarsenov, Ilyas ;
Sukhova, Anna ;
Ziyaev, Bakhrom
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