Since its inception in 2008, the Development Policy Financing (DPF) with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) instrument has seen significant expansion across all regions, channeling ...

It is necessary to unlock large pools of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition.

Increasing levels of pollution, particularly from poor waste management, further compound the effects of climate change by ...

Banks in emerging markets are increasingly providing non-financial services to their SME clients, typically consisting of ...

With road infrastructure steadily expanding—and projections indicating significant growth—it is important to ensure that road construction and upgrades do not trigger direct and indirect biodiversity ...

According to the June 2013 global economic prospects, the global economic environment remains fragile, although the balance ...

A scalable method for estimating changes in local greenhouse gas emissions from satellite-based atmospheric composition ...

Business dynamism and economic growth in Europe and Central Asia have weakened since the late 2000s, with productivity growth driven largely by resource reallocation between firms and sectors rather ...

Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income countries that now collect a more comprehensive measure of household consumption.

This brief summarizes the main trends related to poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) using the latest round of harmonized household surveys from the Socio-Economic ...

This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines the implications of climate change and climate policy for Croatia’s development objectives, priorities, and pathways. It identifies ...