Financial Sector

Banking the transition to net zero: How Kazakhstan can leverage green finance to reduce emissions

Kazakhstan can set the foundations for green finance that would serve its carbon emission goals—helping to ensure a more sustainable and inclusive future for all Kazakhstanis.

Ismael Ahmad Fontan, Martin Melecky|
Financial Sector

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for August 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

Latin America isn’t at risk of a 1980s-style crisis (but an era of missed opportunities looms)

The region’s biggest risk at present is not another “lost decade” fueled by financial crises, but rather a decade of missed opportunities.

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Marcello Estevão|
Debt, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector

Sales recovered faster from the pandemic than employment: Evidence from tax administrative and survey data in Zambia

A new WIDER and World Bank working paper draws on findings from both tax administrative and survey data providing insights on how formal firms in Zambia recovered from COVID-19 after the…

Aliisa Koivisto, Christopher Hoy, Laban Simbeye, Muhammad Malik, Mashekwa Maboshe|
Competitiveness, Debt, Financial Sector, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Social Protection

Did Covid-19 lockdowns impact Philippines’ international trade?

A new World Bank Working Paper investigates the impact of lockdowns on the international trade of the Philippines, one of East Asia’s top traders, and one of the countries in the region most…

Guillermo Arenas, Socrates Majune, Angella Faith Montfaucon|
Competitiveness, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Trade
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