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Investment Analysis for Mangrove Ecosystems in the Ayeyarwady Region
World Bank Group - 2020
Mangroves provide essential ecosystem functions and services that support coastal communities. Despite their importance, they have been degraded and removed globally resulting in loss of resilience of coastlines, their communities, and economies. Myanmar in particular has suffered from high...
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Sustainable Investment : Best Practice Disclosure Checklist for Pension Funds
World Bank Group - 2020
There are compelling reasons for asset owners - in particular large pension funds and sovereign wealth funds - to adopt sustainable investment, and for governments to support them in these endeavors. First, asset owners have a key role to play in providing the capital that supports national...
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Incentivizing Sustainable Private Sector Investment in Timber Plantations in Myanmar : Policy Options to Encourage Socially and Environmentally Responsible Investment
World Bank Group - 2020
Forestry has traditionally been one of Myanmar's most important economic sectors, generating more in export earnings in the period 2010-2018. It is estimated that the country will have lost 12 million ha of forest between 1990 and 2020 - the third largest absolute forest loss of all countries...
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ESG Integration at the Government Pension Fund of Thailand
World Bank Group - 2024
is a product of technical co-operation between teams from GPF and the World Bank. The report starts by providing some …
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Malaysia's Domestic Bond Market : A Success Story
World Bank Group - 2020
Many emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) face challenges in developing a vibrant domestic bond market … domestic corporate bond markets in EMDEs (in terms of percentage to GDP) remains small, the Malaysian capital market is one of … bond market as a source of long-term local currency (LCY) financing. It aims to extract the key lessons that can benefit …
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Pioneering the Green Sukuk : Three Years On
World Bank Group - 2020
This note is a stocktaking of the first three years of the green sukuk. Given the small sample size and limited data, the analysis is limited in scope. It covers the basics of what makes a green sukuk, a brief history of the developmental work leading to the first green sukuk, followed by an...
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Egypt - The First Sovereign Green Bond in the Middle East and North Africa : Case Study
World Bank Group - 2022
Sustainable debt is loan or bond financing that helps mitigate or address a specific environmental or social concern or …
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Pollution prevention and abatement handbook, 1998 : toward cleaner production
1999
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Tajikistan
World Bank Group - 2014
The Country Opinion Survey in Tajikistan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how …
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Green Public Procurement : An Overview of Green Reforms in Country Procurement Systems
World Bank Group - 2021
This report provides an overview of international experience in the implementation of Green Public Procurement (GPP). It focuses on the institutional framework that is needed to support the mainstreaming of GPP practices across government. The intention is to equip practitioners with a broad...
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