Documents & Reports
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A Climate Transition Risk Assessment for the Banking Sector of the Philippines (English)
This report describes a transition risk assessment for the Philippines’ banking sector conducted by a World Bank technical team. It is intended to provide a source of reference for financial regulators...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188175 Document Date: July 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ou Nie,Nepomuk Dunz,Hector Pollitt
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Indonesia’s Fuel Subsidies Reforms (English)
This paper provides an assessment of the fiscal and social impacts resulting from the fuel price adjustments undertaken in 2022. The note lays out policy options and their potential fiscal and social impacts...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 190478 Document Date: May 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ahya Ihsan,Dwi Endah Abriningrum,Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir,Anissa Rahmawati,Sara Giannozzi
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Enabling High-frequency and Real-time Poverty Monitoring in the Developing World with SWIFT - Survey of Wellbeing via Instant and Frequent Tracking (English)
This report aims to familiarize those involved in estimating official poverty statistics with the SWIFT framework to enhance the frequency and quality of poverty data. It presentshow SWIFT works, discusses...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189580 Document Date: April 24, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yoshida,Nobuo,Aron,Danielle Victoria
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Gestion des prêts souverains - “Une approche ascendante” : projections de flux de trésorerie (French)
L’objectif de cette note est de fournir des orientations aux pays sur la manière de gérerla dette contractuelle. Il décrit les étapes nécessaires de gestion de la dette après l’entrée envigueur du prêt...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184015 Document Date: April 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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El Impuesto Mínimo Global : Del Acuerdo a La Implementación - Consideraciones de Política, Opciones de Puesta en Práctica y Próximos Pasos (Spanish)
En octubre de 2021, se alcanzó un acuerdo internacional histórico de dos pilares entre 137 países miembros del Marco Inclusivo sobre BEPS de la OCDE/G20 para abordar el doble desafío de la globalización...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 176314 Document Date: April 17, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Osullivan,David,Cebreiro Gomez,Ana
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Beneficial Ownership Registers : Implementation Insights and Emerging Frontiers (English)
This EFI Insight distills critical insights from the implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers (BORs) in Nigeria, North Macedonia, Kenya, and the United Kingdom. The experiences of these countries...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189625 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hartmann,Johannes Till
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Can Crypto-Assets Play a Role in Foreign Reserve Portfolios? : Not Today, and Likely Not in the Near Future (English)
Citing crypto-assets’ growing market capitalization and footprint and evolving market structure, institutional investors, including central banks, have been exploring exposures to crypto-assets and reviewing...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187892 Document Date: February 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Feyen,Erik H.B.,Klingebiel,Daniela M. H.,Ruiz Gil,Marco Antonio
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Namibia Agriculture Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Diagnostic (English)
This diagnostic report was prepared in response to a technical assistance request from the Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) to support the design and implementation of an index-based agriculture...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187731 Document Date: February 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nair,Ajai,Maher,Barry Patrick,Ndlovu,Qhelile,Stoppa,Andrea,Hoveka,Uripurua Chris
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How to Harness Local Investors in Emerging Markets : The Example of Local Pension Funds (English)
There is a significant gap in financing sustainable development in emerging economies to meet the climate commitments under the Paris Agreement and to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189790 Document Date: February 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Richard Mark Davis,Rusconi,Robert,Aaron Levine
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Refining Indonesia’s Intergovernmental Transfers Mechanism : Fiscal Capacity Estimation to Incentivize Subnational Tax Effort (English)
This paper discusses the application of the conceptual framework for potential revenue estimation using Indonesia’s existing macroeconomic indicators. The authors find that Gross Regional Domestic Product...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187281 Document Date: January 25, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chattha,Muhammad Khudadad,Blum,Jurgen Rene,Ilman,Assyifa Szami
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Armenia Public Sector Accountability Survey : Main Results and Recommendations (English)
The Armenia public sector accountability survey is instrumental in addressing the disparities between de jure laws and regulations and de facto practices and seeks to fill existing knowledge gaps and inform...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187169 Document Date: January 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Subnational Debt Financing in Indonesia (English)
Indonesia’s subnational governments (SNGs) play an important role in delivering infrastructure services and are responsible for implementing one-half of total government capital expenditure. Despite significant...
Document Type: Debt and Creditworthiness Study Report No.: 186980 Document Date: January 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ihsan,Ahya,Rahmadanti,Ratih Dwi,Ilman,Assyifa Szami
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Evidence on Public Procurement from Firm-Level Surveys : Global Statistics from the World Bank Enterprise - Surveys and a Novel Public Procurement Survey Module (English)
Public procurement is a sizeable economic activity, and there is increasing attention on how it can strategically contribute to equitable and sustainable economic growth. Despite a growing academic literature...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 186664 Document Date: January 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cocciolo,Serena Sara Daniela,Viganola,Domenico,Doino,Ruggero
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From Extreme Events to Extreme Seasons: Financial Stability Risks of Climate Change in Mexico (English)
This paper explores the financial stability implications of acute physical climate change risks using a novel approach focusing on a severe season associated with a series of tropical cyclone and flood...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187424 Document Date: January 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dolk,Michaela Mei,Laliotis,Dimitrios,Lamichhane,Sujan
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ESG Disclosure Assessment of Thailand’s Listed Companies and Recommendations for Policy Development (English)
The aim of this project was to understand current ESG (environmental, social and governance) disclosure practice among leading companies listed on the Thai Stock Exchange (SET). The project developed a...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188663 Document Date: December 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Robert Black,Rory Sullivan
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Cambodia Climate Change Institutional Assessment (English)
Climate change presents significant challenges to the country’s development trajectory and economic growth as Cambodia is susceptible to extreme weather-related shocks and rising temperature, threatening...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189602 Document Date: December 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yilmaz,Serdar,So,Sok Bunthoeun
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Governance Risk Assessment System (GRAS) : Advanced Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud, Corruption, and Collusion in Public Expenditures (English)
Corruption poses a significant threat to development and has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable. Government agencies struggle to identify fraud and corruption in public expenditures...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185691 Document Date: November 21, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ortega Nieto,Daniel,Fazekas,Mihály,Vaz Mondo,Bianca,Tóth,Bence,Braem Velasco,Rafael Antonio
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Greening Public Administration with GovTech - Embracing a Green Digital Transition : Guidance Note - Volume 1 (English)
Governments are increasingly seeking opportunities to leverage digital technologies to build a greener future. This guidance note provides useful advice to policy makers underlining adequate leadership...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185770 Document Date: November 10, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: João Ricardo Vasconcelos,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Cocciolo,Serena Sara Daniela,Kim,Youngseok,Annandsingh Rattia,Diana Carolina,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Almuzaini,Abdulaziz A A Y,Blume,Achim Bernd Dietmar
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Background Note on Bringing Climate Change into Vulnerability Analysis (English)
Weather vulnerability is often assessed using historical data, but this can be very misleading in a world of changing climate. Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is the...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185458 Document Date: October 25, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baquie,Sandra,Foucault,Guillem
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GovTech in Fragile and Conflict Situations Trends, Challenges, and 0pportunities (English)
This report takes stock of the development of GovTech solutions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS), be they characterized by low institutional capacity and/or by active conflict and provides...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185190 Document Date: October 13, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Johns,Kimberly D.,Grandvoinnet,Helene Marie,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida