regulation can promote competition in mutual funds (MFs) distribution. In many emerging market economics (EMEs) where both the …

This report presents an analysis conducted by the World Bank to assess macro-fiscal impacts of earthquakes and floods …) an indication of each countries funding gap based upon the information available on national and EU level financial …

The World Bank Group prepared this report, Climate Change in APEC: Assessing Risks, Preparing Financial Markets, and …

statistics on the size of public procurement in economies around the world. While data are publicly available for High …-income economies, for the rest of the world, data and studies are scarce. However, public procurement is as important in developing …

across the world. The survey identified expanded access to finance for firms and individuals and strengthened competition as …

Policies, institutions, and regulation (PIR) are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs … are higher than ever. PIR needs to be strengthened, adjusted, and scaled up to meet the needs of a changing world. The … World Bank has reviewed the experience of various countries with PIR and has documented its insights in a new report. This …

The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature― and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but the …

This note analyzes the evolution of Credit Information Systems, including the emergence of new technologies that use … potential development effect of these disruptive technologies and proposes a role for the World Bank Group in leveraging these …