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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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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.
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Increasing Access to Justice in Fragile Settings
This report explores the paths to increase access to justice in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS).
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World Bank Group Strategy for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence 2020–2025
Preventing and mitigating fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) is central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme…
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Addressing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Urban Sanitation Projects
A Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Guidance Note.
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ITF Gender Analysis Toolkit for Transport
The International Transport Forum Gender Analysis Toolkit for Transport Policies is a comprehensive set of tools to conduct gender analysis, including Checklist, Indicators, and …
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Railways in Developing Countries: A Global Review
As countries seek to reduce their GHG emissions, while still delivering on economic growth, many are rethinking the role of rail.
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Mobilizing Climate Finance for Railways
This report examines the experience in attracting financing from climate-specific financing instruments of railways in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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How innovative revenues for infrastructure can fundamentally reshape infrastructure funding
Take a step into a metro station today and there’s no doubt you’ll find countless advertisement banners. It turns out these advertisements play an important role in getting needed infrastructure…
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The Institution Of Civil Engineers
The Institution Of Civil Engineers - helping the industry learn and share our knowledge, so we can maintain the natural and built environment. The institute also promote the essential contribution…
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Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)
Since 1931 Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has produced standard forms of construction contract, guidance notes and other standard forms of documentation for use by the construction industry.
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International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers.
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Global Study on the Aggregation of Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities
The Water Global Practice, under the WSS GSG Utility Turnaround thematic area, has implemented the Global Study on WSS Utility Aggregation to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers and…
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A Benchmark for the Performance of State-Owned Water Utilities in the Caribbean
Improving the management and governance of state-owned enterprises in the water supply and sanitation sector in the Caribbean is critical. State-owned enterprises play a significant role in the…
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What Lessons Can We Learn from IEG Evaluations in the Energy and Water Sectors?
This synthesis provides a review of operationally relevant findings and lessons from World Bank-supported utility reforms in the energy and water sectors, as identified in IEG evaluation products.