This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from July to September 2024, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) promotes foreign investment by providing an impartial and effective mechanism for resolving disputes between foreign investors and the...
On April 16, 2023, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number two hundred and seventy-eight. It was resolved that: (i) the final subscription date, which is the...
Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD) Enabling Projects are a metric World Bank (WB) has been measuring and reporting since 2018. This is an internal metric designed to capture WB’s effort in the upstream...
The April research newsletter features the topic "Capital Markets & Development." This newsletter is led by a feature story excerpt highlighting the importance of an efficient and stable financial sector...
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a USD23 million World Bank–led global partnership aimed at mainstreaming natural capital in development decisions by better measuring...
The Fifth Natural Capital Forum for Better Decision Making: Greening the Recovery is a record of the policy forum and is intended as a resource for forum participants and others when planning and using...
Natural capital is the largest form of wealth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Yet, natural capital is being depleted, posing a significant challenge to achieving poverty reduction and sustainable...
The Government of Uganda has been working to establish a new system of NCA. NCA is a standardized approach to measuring and valuing natural resources. It overcomes the limitations of traditional economic...
This report presents the first land accounts for Zambia based on the methodology of the System of Ecologic and Economic Accounting (SEEA), where land is defined as a unique environmental asset that delineates...