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Global Bank Lending under Climate Policy

t is the response of bank foreign subsidiaries to climate policy in their host countries? We find that global banks with high environmental performance…...
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What a Waste 3.0: Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management Toward Circularity until 2050

t a Waste 3.0 is the third edition of the World Bank Group’s What a Waste series, following the 2012 and 2018 publications. It updates and expands these…...
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Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): Boards and Owners

Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises (‘SOE Leadership Toolkit’) was developed jointly by the World Bank and IFC (World Bank Group) to…...
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Economic Report on Africa 2025: Advancing the Implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: Proposing Transformative Strategic Actions

Economic Report on Africa 2025 (ERA 2025) assesses the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and proposes transformative…...
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Processed Avocado (Avocado Oil)

s report presents a comprehensive value chain analysis of the cocoa industry within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The study examines…...
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Africa Capacity Indicators 2012 Capacity Development for Agricultural Transformation and Food Security

ore message in the 2012 ACI Report is that improving the productivity and the economic returns of agriculture has immediate effects on poverty and hunger in…...
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Climate and Development : An Agenda for Action - Emerging Insights from World Bank Group 2021-22 Country Climate and Development Reports

mate change poses a major threat to long-term development objectives, especially poverty reduction, and accelerated emission reductions are needed,…...
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Factoring as a Catalyst for Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Intra-African Trade

kground and Purpose: African countries face a difficult road to economic recovery because of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.…...
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Embedding Climate Resilience into Agriculture Projects

s note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa…...
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The Africa Capacity Report ACR 2015: Capacity Imperatives for Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa

Africa Capacity Report (ACR) 2015 sends a very clear message: with official development assistance to Africa diminishing, the continent will have to rely…...