Lack of fiscal space and the quest for better efficiency in projects and programs have led to increasing interest in public-private partnerships (PPPs) globally. PPPs are more complex than similar publicly procured projects and require upfront project development expenses that could be...

Interactions between natural, socioeconomic and political threats can lead to compound crises where the cumulative impacts are far larger than the sum of individual threats. The Horn of Africa is especially prone to compound crises. Many governments across the Horn of Africa, and elsewhere,...

The 2023 World Bank Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index is an inventory of the sustainability considerations used in World Bank (Bank) lending and analytical services as well as its corporate practices. This sustainability disclosure index has been prepared in accordance with the core option...

Djibouti has experienced a record of strong economic growth and has made considerable progress in various developmental indicators in recent years. Despite this important progress, major challenges remain as Djibouti's development has not been equitable nor inclusive, including from a gender...

The World Bank Group reiterated its commitment during the 2015 Spring Meetings, along with the announcement of the commitments made by the private sector to universal financial access (UFA), including banks and non-bank financial service providers from around the world. This report aims to...

The overarching objective of the Seoul Center for Finance and Innovation partnership was to improve and develop financial and private sectors in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region by delivering better technical assistance and advisory services to EAP countries. To achieve this objective, the...

The services sector has been a critical contributor to economic growth in Vietnam but its performance lags comparators The services sector has been the economy's largest sector for the past decade. Looking ahead, services could play a crucial role in supporting Vietnam to sustain productivity...

This report provides an assessment of adaptation and resilience (A&R) preparedness in Türkiye and the enabling policy, institutional, and macrofiscal environment. It presents a review of Türkiye’s development,disaster risk management (DRM), and climate change adaptation-related policies,...

L'analyse environnementale pays (AEP) des Comores 2023 vise à identifier les principales opportunités qui permettront aux Comores de mieux gérer leur capital naturel, de réaliser leur potentiel de manière durable, de profiter des avantages climatiques connexes tirés du processus, et de...

The Turkish Cypriot economy (TCe) has struggled to recover since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. With a contraction of 16.2 percent in GDP in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, the TCe experienced the most severe recession in its history, and the most severe...