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  • Zambia - Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project (English)

    Ratings for the Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project for Zambia were as follows: outcomes were moderately unsatisfactory, the Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and...

    Document Type: Implementation Completion and Results Report Report No.: ICR6629 Document Date: December 20, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • How Emerging Market Companies are Withstanding Global Interest Rate Shifts (English)

    This International Finance Corporation (IFC) Research Note analyzes the cost of borrowing for firms in emerging and developing economies, changes in their debt structure, and indicators of indebtedness...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197053 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: John F. Gandolfo,Paolo Mauro

  • Ethiopia - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian challenges. Support from the international community weakened notably during the two-year conflict in Tigray but is now resuming. Bunching of debt service...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 194259 Document Date: July 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Congo, Republic of - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    The overall and external debt of the Republic of Congo are classified as “in distress,” reflecting the ongoing restructuring and audit of domestic arrears, as well as the recurrent accumulation of temporary...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 194667 Document Date: July 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Benin - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    Benin remains at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress, unchanged from the previous Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA). All projected external debt burden indicators remain below high-risk...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 192931 Document Date: June 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Bangladesh - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    Bangladesh remains at a low risk of external and overall debt distress. Bangladesh’s debt-carrying capacity is unchanged from the previous debt sustainability analysis (DSA). External and overall debt...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 193026 Document Date: June 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Guinea - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    Guinea remains at moderate risk of external debt distress. All external debt ratios lie sufficiently below thresholds to allow some space to absorb shocks. The risk of overall public debt distress has...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 191101 Document Date: May 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • MENA Economic Update, April 2024 : Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

    The global economy is in its third year of deceleration amidst declining inflation and oil prices. The MENA region grew at 1.9 percent in 2023 and is forecasted to grow at 2.7 percent in 2024. And for...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 189215 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gatti,Roberta V.,Bennett,Federico Roberto,Assem Mohammed G Hassan Ahmed,Hoda,Lotfi,Rana Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nabil,Mele,Gianluca,Suvanov,Ilias,Islam,Asif Mohammed

  • Maldives - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    The Maldives remains at a high risk of external and overall debt distress same as the previous Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) external gross financing needs have increased relative to the previous...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 191099 Document Date: March 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Uganda - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (English)

    The economy is recovering from external shocks induced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and higher inflation, and the outlook has improved. Given the implementation of fiscal consolidation, Uganda’s public...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 185640 Document Date: June 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • The Potential Implications of Economic and Social Rights for Sovereign Debt Investing (English)

    This paper discusses both the relevance of economic and social rights (ESRs) for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in the sovereign debt asset class and how to start incorporating these...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 182290 Document Date: May 24, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gratcheva,Ekaterina M.,O'Reilly Gurhy,Bryan,Wang,Dieter,Brook, Anne-Marie,Clay,Kenneth Chad,Randolph, Susan

  • A Sum of Parts Sovereign Debt Measurement and Reporting (English)

    The publication A Sum of Parts : Sovereign Debt Measurement and Reporting explores the role of accrual basis accounting and related financial reporting frameworks as a factor in fostering debt transparency...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173276 Document Date: June 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brumby, Jim,Sirois,Bonnie Ann,Serrano Machorro,Juan Carlos,Mason, Paul

  • Joint IMF-WBG Staff Note : DSSI Fiscal Monitoring Update (English)

    The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic put significant pressures on fiscal accounts during 2020 through a contraction of revenues and increased spending needs to tackle the pandemic and its economic...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 172933 Document Date: September 8, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank