Documents et rapports

Beyond the Budget : Fiscal Policy for Growth and Jobs - A Public Finance Review for Kenya (anglais)

This public finance review (PFR) for Kenya aims both to ensure that every tax shilling benefits the Kenyan taxpayer and to inform the development of a fiscal policy that fosters job creation, poverty reduction...

Innovative Financial Instruments and Their Role in the Development of Jurisdictional REDD+ (anglais)

Achieving global net zero carbon emissions requires stopping deforestation and making full use of tropical forests as carbon sinks. Market instruments for the sale and purchase of emission outcomes coming...

Kenya Economic Update : Special Focus on Women's Economic Empowerment (anglais)

Kenya’s macroeconomic environment improved in 2024, following a tighter macroeconomic policy framework. Still, GDP growth is decelerating as Kenya faced a multiplicity of challenges during the year. Broadening...

Concept Program Information Document (PID) (anglais)

O Brasil do Futuro - Rumo à Produtividade, Inclusão e Sustentabilidade (portugais)

Em 2022, o Brasil celebrou seu 200º aniversário. O que o Brasil celebrará em seu 220º aniversário, em 2042? Após as recentes eleições, há uma janela de oportunidade para reformas que moldarão o desenvolvimento...

The Brazil of the Future - Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability (anglais)

This report argues that for Brazil’s development agenda to regain steam it will need to better mobilize all Brazilians. Indeed, a more inclusive Brazil will mean a more prosperous Brazil - the virtuous...

The Brazil of the Future - Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability (anglais)

In 2022, Brazil celebrated its 200th anniversary. What will Brazil celebrate at its 220th anniversary, in 2042? Following the recent elections there is a window of opportunity for reforms that will shape...

Could Sustainability-Linked Bonds Incentivize Lower Deforestation in Brazil’s Legal Amazon ? (anglais)

This paper proposes a new relative evaluation and benchmarking framework for performance linked financing instruments. It argues that the carrots and sticks of sustainability-linked bonds should not use...

Equilíbrio Delicado para a Amazônia Legal Brasileira - Um Memorando Econômico : Resumo Executivo (portugais)

A Amazônia Legal brasileira compreende nove estados, entre os quais alguns dos mais pobres do país. A Amazônia Legal é uma das últimas regiões de fronteira do mundo. Contudo, a expansão econômica invadiu...

A Balancing Act for Brazil’s Amazonian States - An Economic Memorandum (anglais)

Brazil’s Legal Amazon, here called Amazônia, comprises nine states, most of which rank among the poorest in Brazil. Amazônia is one of the world’s last frontier regions. But economic expansion has moved...

Equilíbrio Delicado para a Amazônia Legal Brasileira - Um Memorando Econômico (portugais)

A Amazônia Legal brasileira compreende nove estados, entre os quais alguns dos mais pobres do país. A Amazônia Legal é uma das últimas regiões de fronteira do mundo. Contudo, a expansão econômica invadiu...

Competitividade Urbana no Estado do Amazonas : Uma Agenda para o Crescimento Verde - Relatório complementar ao ‘Equilíbrio Delicado Para a Amazônia Legal Brasileira : Um Memorando Economico’ (portugais)

Amazonas é o estado mais industrializado entre os nove estados da Amazônia Legal (aqui chamada de Amazônia). É apoiado por uma zona econômica especial (ZEE), a Zona Franca de Manaus (ZFM). Mais de 70%...

Urban Competitiveness in Brazil’s State of Amazonas : A Green Growth Agenda - Companion Report to 'A Balancing Act for Brazil’s Amazonian States : An Economic Memorandum' (anglais)

Amazonas is the most industrialized state among Brazil’s nine states of the Legal Amazon (here called Amazonia). It is supported by a special economic zone (SEZ), the Zona Franca de Manaus (ZFM). More...

A Genesis of Poverty and Inequality in Brazil (anglais)

Brazil remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. This paper traces the sources and developments of inequalities in the country’s labor, land and capital markets to explain the persistence...

A Macroeconomic Perspective of Structural Deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon (anglais)

Despite policy efforts in recent decades, deforestation remains a pervasive phenomenon in Brazil. Yet deforestation is not only affected by forest governance. It is also driven by global demand for commodities...

A Model of Amazon Deforestation, Trade and Labor Market Dynamics (anglais)

This paper develops a dynamic spatial equlibrium model of Amazon deforestation, accounting for trade and labor markets dynamics. It uses this model to study the impact of local sectoral shocks and policies...

Open Brazil : The World Bank Group’s New Interactive Monitoring, Accountability, and Engagement Tool for Brazil (portugais)

Open Brazil is an interactive and user-friendly online platform that provides information about the current country partnership framework (CPF) for Brazil. Open Brazil is intended to make the work of the...

Open Brazil : The World Bank Group’s New Interactive Monitoring, Accountability, and Engagement Tool for Brazil (anglais)

Open Brazil is an interactive and user-friendly online platform that provides information about the current Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Brazil. Open Brazil is intended to make the work of the...

Open Brazil : The World Bank Group’s New Interactive Monitoring, Accountability, and Engagement Tool for Brazil (anglais)

Open Brazil is an interactive and user-friendly online platform that provides information about the current country partnership framework (CPF) for Brazil. Open Brazil is intended to make the work of the...

COVID 19 in Brazil : Impacts and Policy Responses (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (anglais)

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across...