Zambia remains in debt distress. The stock of external arrears (principal and interest) reached 26 percent of GDP by end-year 2023. Despite significant fiscal adjustment, in the absence of the settlement...
What is the response of bank foreign subsidiaries to climate policy in their host countries? This paper finds that global banks with high environmental performance increase their presence in countries...
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effects of macroprudential policy—in the form of legal reserve requirements—in three Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay). To correctly identify...
Ratings for the Agriculture Investment and Market Development Project for Cameroon were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was moderately satisfactory and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality...
L’objectif de cette note technique est d’identifier les risques physiques auxquels sont confrontés les systèmes financiers de l’UEMOA et de proposer des pistes de réflexions pour mieux intégrer les problématiques...
This is the first of three Debt Reports for 2022 to be published online over the course of the year to provide users with data and analysis on external and public debt of low- and middle-income countries...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis has expanded public direct interventions through state banks and enterprises to aid economies, but with possible risks to debt sustainability, long-term productivity...
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in providing countercyclical lending and sustainable development financing through national development financial institutions (NDFIs). While NDFIs are...
Ratings for the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Project are as follows: Outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, Overall efficacy was modest, Bank performance was unsatisfactory, and Quality...