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Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are global organizations focused on promoting resilient agriculture and food system…

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Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: A Guide to Help Small Towns Select Appropriate Options

This guide is part of a World Bank suite of tools and other material to support World Bank teams and their government counterparts in the planning, design, and implementation of sanitation projects…

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Innovations in Health Service Delivery : The Corporatization of Public Hospitals

Hospital care is the largest expenditure category in the health systems of both industrialized and developing countries. Although hospitals play a critical role in ensuring delivery of health…

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EU Railway packages

Website for European Commission - transport and Mobility 

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The WBG Procurement Framework

Access customized e-Learning modules and other key resources. These resources will enable you to become familiar with the New Procurement Framework of the World Bank. 

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Toolkit for Corporate Workouts

This Toolkit describes matters relevant to the adoption of workout frameworks for a broad range of types of corporate restructuring procedures, some of which provide for a role for courts or…

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Index Insurance Forum

The Index Insurance Forum, an online knowledge platform for global index-insurance practitioners. 

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Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016

World Bank 2016. Benchmarking Public Procurement provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 77 economies. It…

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Benchmarking Infrastructure Development 2020

Benchmarking Infrastructure Development 2020: Assessing Regulatory Quality to Prepare, Procure, and Manage PPPs and Traditional Public Investment in Infrastructure Projects (English)The report…

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Green Public Procurement: An Overview of Green Reforms in Country Procurement Systems

This report provides an overview of international experience in the implementation of Green Public Procurement (GPP). It focuses on the institutional framework that is needed to support the…

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Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption

This flagship report shows positive examples of how countries are progressing in their fight against corruption. It is part of a series of initiatives being led by the Equitable Growth, Finance…

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Anticorruption Initiatives: Reaffirming Commitment to a Development Priority

The outline of this paper is as follows:Section II illustrates the criticality of tackling corruption in client countries to the Bank’s twin goals of reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity…

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Beyond the Balance Sheet platform

IFC Beyond the Balance Sheet platform is a one-stop shop providing guidance and a framework to improve sustainability and climate reporting tailored to emerging markets.

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IFC Toolkit for Disclosure and Transparency

The toolkit supports the broader World Bank Group’s effort to enhance disclosure and transparency standards in the countries and companies it works with, either as an investor or an adviser, through…

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Developing Insurance Markets: The Insurance Sector’s Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

The paper has a twofold purpose. First, to help regulators and insurance policymakers in emerging markets make the case for supporting insurance market development through drawing more attention to…

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Principles for Effective Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes

Effective creditor and debtor rights and insolvency systems are an important element of financial system stability. The World Bank Group accordingly has been working with partner organizations to…

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Standard on Public-Private Partnerships / Concession Legal Framework in support of the Sustainable Development Goals and its Accompanying Guide

The purpose of this Standard is to establish a legal framework for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This framework will govern the…

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Benchmarking Infrastructure Development: PPP Regulatory Landscape - Assessing Quality and Exploring Reform

This report is aligned with the Knowledge Compact Agenda’s focus on evidence-based decision-making by providing evidence-based knowledge that can inform development strategies and PPP operations.…

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Broadband Investment Handbook (European Commission)

This handbook aims to assist public authorities in planning, implementing, and monitoring broadband projects within their territories. It primarily addresses the deployment of access and backhaul…

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Benchmarking Infrastructure Development 2023

PPP Procurement Benchmarking 2023: The Full ReportBenchmarking Infrastructure Development 2023 builds on the success of the Benchmarking Infrastructure Development 2020. It updates the assessment for…

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Lebanon: Draft mobile license 2008

This TRA draft regulation addresses the licensing regime. 

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Litigation & Dispute Resolution Laws and Regulations

Litigation & Dispute Resolution addresses essential topics such as efficiency and integrity, injunctions, cross-border challenges, disclosure and privilege, costs and funding, settlement and…

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Measuring the Emissions and Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector: Implications for Climate Action

The report compiles emissions data at a country level from publicly accessible sources within the thirty most emitting countries' telecommunications operators. Its goal is to unravel the emissions…

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Digital Innovation for Smarter Climate Action

The Report showcases good practices and country examples of digital applications in addressing climate change, in terms of mitigation and adaptation.