In this latest blog, Valerie Hickey shows the importance of forests for development – including benefits to climate, jobs, and food security – particularly in the context of the new Global…

Valerie Hickey |

The Argentinian National Institute of Statistics and Censuses proposed in its strategic plan to advance the development of environmental-economic statistics. With the support of the World Bank,…

Lourdes Rodríguez-Chamussy, Agustin Arakaki |

On the continent, the importance of the Congo Basin forests cannot be understated. Often called the lungs of Africa, it is the largest carbon sink in the world. The Congo Basin spans across six…

Cheick Fantamady Kanté |

Summer of 2023 was marked by an early start to the wildfire season in Lebanon as intense forest fires ravaged several parts of the country, with fires erupting including in the Akkar and North…

Andrea Kutter |

Smaller preferential trade agreements, or PTAs, has been a promising development towards bolstering international trade. Most new PTAs also include non-trade provisions that delve into other…

Nadia Rocha, Ana Fernandes |

During COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in December 2022 in Montreal, a message was clear: Ministries of Finance play a critical role in achieving commitments set out in the…

Olha Krushelnytska, Frank van Lerven, Camille Maclet |

Recent deforestation alerts suggest that forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon is slowing. This is good news – but also not entirely surprising. Economic models are becoming increasingly able to…

Marek Hanusch, Dieter Wang, Philipp Kollenda, Cornelius Fleischhaker |

Investigating measures to curb Amazon deforestation, this blog dove into policies ranging from increasing designated public land and financial incentives for conservation to investing in urban…

Marek Hanusch, Charly Porcher |

The end of the last commodity supercycle (2002-2014) plunged oil-dependent nations into a prolonged recession, undoing the progress they had made during the boom. The Republic of Congo, Sub-…

Vincent Belinga, Jose Luis Diaz Sanchez, Marilyne Mafoboue Youbi, Joana Monteiro da Mota |