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The Philippines is highly vulnerable to risks from climate change. The Philippines is categorized as one of the world …
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The FSAP started in an important macro-financial phase right after the second Covid wave and a third lockdown. The balance sheet resilience of major institutional sectors was at the center of policy considerations. Against this backdrop, the FSAP analyzed the pandemic's potential "scarring" of...
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Kazakhstan is vulnerable to transition risk due to the importance of its energy- and emissions-intensive sectors. Domestic and global climate policies would negatively affect Kazakhstan's economy, its firms, industries, and banks, with heterogenous impacts across industries and banks. Using both...
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This paper presents a technical note on bank stress testing and climate risks analysis in Maldives. Although the Maldives' economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic-induced contraction, macro and financial vulnerabilities remain. The stress test results broadly corroborated the identified...
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Mexico is exposed to both transition and physical risks from climate change. Mexico's total energy supply is dominated by fossil fuels and non-renewable energy sources. The country is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in Latin America. Emissions are highly concentrated in a...
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This strategic paper discusses Ethiopia’s growth and transformation plan (GTP) for the periods 2010/2011 and 2014/2015. The Ethiopian government’s main development agenda has been poverty eradication. The government has designed, and is implementing, strategies, policies, and plans...
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This paper focuses on Togo’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper adopted by the government in March 2008 has allowed Togo once again to benefit from international financial cooperation. With a view to improving political and economic governance, the...
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This Technical Assistance Report on Lebanon focuses on tax and customs administration's an urgent need for intervention …. Recognizing a downward trajectory, national dialogue on the future of Lebanon's tax and customs administrations is urgently needed …
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The 2003 Article IV Consultation highlights that Lebanon has been facing an unprecedented sovereign …
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This Technical Assistance report identifies tax policy reform options to stop the drain on Lebanon's tax revenue in the … immediate and near terms and to move toward a more efficient, effective, and inclusive tax system in the medium term. Lebanon … entered the economic crisis already with one of the world's most skewed income and wealth distributions toward the affluent …
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