This report examines two pivotal dimensions of the competitive process: the dynamics of market competition in developing economies and the role of government interventions in strengthening market competition...
This note presents a decade-long perspective on how competition advocacy has evolved into a key instrument for shaping more dynamic markets. Drawing on insights from the ICN–World Bank Group Competition...
This program appraisal document presents phase 4 of the Accelerating Sustainable Energy Transition Program under the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA). Phase 1 of the MPA was approved by the World...
This paper extends the classic Tinbergen rule within the context of financial regulation, explicitly accounting for the inverted U-shaped relationship between market competition and financial stability...
The objective of the Productive and Sustainable Investment Development Policy Loan Program is to mobilize finance and enable markets for productive, sustainable, and resilient investment. The Productive...
The development objectives of the Energy Reliability, Efficiency, and Governance Improvement Program for Tunisia are to scale-up renewable energy, improve electricity supply reliability, and enhance Tunisian...
Cameroon remains at high risk of debt distress compared to the previous DSA report published in February 2024. The small negative short-term impact of the recent debt management operation and still-high...
This chapter presents tools that can provide a general sense of market dynamics and perceptions of competition intensity and constraints in a country and impacts on market outcomes. This chapter is structured...
Jordan demonstrated resilience in the face of multiple external shocks, but the current pace of economic growth remains insufficient to generate the employment opportunities needed to address the country's...
The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Papua New Guinea according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Philippines according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Pakistan according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Samoa according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in South Africa according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Zambia according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Panama according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Korea, Democratic People’s Republic according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Poland according to key performance indicators.