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 ;
Shpak, Solomiya
This paper studies the impact of central bank independence on sovereign borrowing, using an index that captures institutional constraints on central bank lending to the government across 155 countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11179Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Athanasopoulos, Angelos ;
Fraccaroli, Nicolo ;
Kern, Andreas ;
Romelli, Davide
The Solomon Islands government plays key roles in the health sector, as a funder,
regulator, and provider of nearly all health services. Health services are funded, managed,
and delivered by the Ministry...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202492Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Mike, Michael ;
Irava, Wayne Jeremy ;
A, Maude Ruest ;
Rummery, Richie
Pakistan’s overall national health budget had a high rate of execution from 2016 to 2019, averaging 95 percent. However, execution rates between provinces as well as between categories of spending varied...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202494Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Hadi, Qurat ul Ain ;
Verhaghe, Johan ;
Yunus, Hammad
Health budget allocation and execution are critical to ensuring that health systems function effectively, equitably, and sustainably. The importance of budget execution in health extends far beyond mere...
Type: ReportReport#: 203487Date: July 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Lao People's Democratic Republic has a high execution rate for its overall health budget, ranging from 89 to 104 percent from 2015 to 2019. Aggregated execution rates are generally high across the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202497Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Masaki, Emiko ;
Samavong, Chanhsy ;
Beveridge, Grant ;
Bounthideth, Soulaxay
The Democratic Republic of Congo is committed to achieving Universal Health Care by 2030. Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202495Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Cros, Marion Jane ;
El Kadiri El Yamani, Fatima ;
Muvudi, Michel ;
Nana, Aminata TOU
For the first time, comprehensive data has been gathered on the risks faced by digital financial services (DFS) users in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) region, revealing the urgent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 203466Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Duflos, Eric ;
Riquet, Corinne
Ethiopia achieves a high overall rate of execution of its health budget. From 2016 to 2021 the health budget execution rate averaged 95 percent of the original budget allocation. The health budget execution...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202498Date: July 25, 2025Author:
Cros, Marion Jane ;
Guracha, Tseganeh Amsalu ;
Schramm, Noemi ;
Adugna, Mideksa
The World Bank tackles the decarbonization of international maritime transport from two intertwined angles. On a global level, it supports the International Maritime Organization (IMO) policymaking process...
Type: ReportReport#: 203485Date: July 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
This work contributes to CGAP’s vision for a Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystem (RDFE), where financial and nonfinancial authorities, providers, consumer representatives, and market facilitators collaborate...
Type: ReportReport#: 203456Date: July 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
This Angola Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) analyzes the country’s economic growth over the past two decades and offers insights into its long-term potential. The aim is to identify the main challenges,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 203438Date: July 24, 2025Author:
Eduardo, Nelson Tisso Miezi ;
Bou Habib, Chadi ;
Baduel, Benedicte ;
Marandino Peregalli, Joaquin ;
Pye, Jorge Tudela ;
Hirano, Yumeka ;
Vaz, Carlos Deosvaldo Fragoso ;
Ramos, Elaine ;
Muramatsu, Karen ;
Bambe, Bao We Wal ;
Niati, Sansão
Investing in people is the most important investment Papua New Guinea (PNG) can make for its future prosperity. Data suggests that PNG is underutilizing its people's potential: it has the lowest rate of...
Type: ReportReport#: 196483Date: July 24, 2025Author:
Sondergaard, Lars M. ;
Shirakawa, Kaori
The Central African Republic (CAR) remains at high risk of external debt distress and overall high risk of debt distress. Public debt is projected to be sustainable, though there are substantial liquidity...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203399Date: July 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
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