The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Moldova at low risk of external debt distress and at moderate risk ooverall public debt distress, unchanged from the previous assessment.1 Moldova’s public...
The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Yemen. The Monitor places these...
The debt sustainability assessment remains unchanged compared to the January 2024 DSA update and the July 2023 full DSA. The overall and external public debt are assessed at high risk of distress due to...
Madagascar, classified as having medium debt carrying capacity, is still assessed at moderate risk of external debt distress and moderate risk of overall (external plus domestic) debt distress, unchanged...
The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Yemen. The Monitor places these...
This 3rd edition of the Cameroon Economic Updates is part of a program of annual reports analyzing Cameron’s deve lopment trends and constraints. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the country’s...
This 3rd edition of the Cameroon Economic Updates is part of a program of annual reports analyzing Cameron’s deve lopment trends and constraints. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the country’s...
The Guinea-Bissau Economic Update monitors significant recent economic developments in the country, highlighting the key structural challenges Guinea-Bissau faces in its pursuit of inclusive and sustained...
During the last decade Cambodia succeeded in achieving significant domestic resource mobilization which in turn enabled a rapid expansion of social spending. During the next decade it should shift from...
The development objective of Colombia Partnership for Market Implementation Project is to advance the design of the Colombian Emissions Trading System (ETS) and support capacity building and institutional...
Senegal is assessed to be at moderate risk of external and overall public debt distress, with limited space to absorb shocks. However, while debt indicators generally remain below their risk thresholds...
Developing countries face massive infrastructure needs, but public spending on infrastructure is inadequate, and public investment has been declining in recent years. Rising debt levels and tightening...
The development objective of the Second Public Sector Strengthening Project for Guinea‐Bissau is to improve oversight of fiscal and human resources as well as enhance the skills of public sector officials...
In the fiscal year 2020-21, the states’ fiscal deficit increased sharply compared with the previous fiscal year and budget estimates. The gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth slowed considerably...
Public-private partnerships are used to procure public infrastructure. Despite involving private investors and concessionaires, they impact the public budget like traditional provision and create fiscal...
Infrastructure is critical to economic development. When infrastructure companies are owned and operated by the government, however, they create significant sources of fiscal risk. These fiscal risks can...
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure provision have expanded around the world since the early 1990s. Well-structured PPPs can unleash efficiency gains, but PPPs create liabilities for governments...
The development objectives of the Second Fiscal Managements and Infrastructure Development Policy Financing in Togo are structured around two pillars: (i) enhancing fiscal and debt management; and (ii)...
Ratings of Public Expenditure and Fiscal Risk Management Project for Peru were as follows: overall outcome was satisfactory, relevance of prior actions was satisfactory, and achievement of objectives was...