Documents et rapports

Businesses of the State in Brazil : The Impact on Employment and Business Dynamism (anglais)

Businesses of the state (BOS) have regained the public debate in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as a source of resilience to shocks and a mechanism for technology development and diffusion...

Egypt - Generating Resilience, Opportunities, and Welfare for a Thriving Egypt (GROWTH) Development Policy Financing (anglais)

Egypt stands at an inflection point in its social and economic development journey. While reforms implemented since 2016 had helped improve economic buffers, economic imbalances remained. These imbalances...

Namibia - Country Partnership Framework for the Period of FY25-FY29 (anglais)

This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets forth the World Bank Group (WBG) strategy for supporting Namibia’s goals to reduce poverty and inequality as outlined in its national development plans. Although...

Gambia, The - Second Boosting Resilience and Unlocking Productive Potential Development Policy Financing Project (anglais)

The development objective of the Second Boosting Resilience and Unlocking Productive Potential Development Policy Financing Project for Gambia, The are to (i) accelerate private sector participation in...

State-Owned Enterprises (SOES) in Oman : Review of SOE Governance Practices (anglais)

This report is part of a World Bank review of Stateowned Enterprise (SOE) governance practices in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. The review is responding to the scarcity of data about such...

The Financial Premium and Real Cost of Bureaucrats in Businesses (anglais)

This paper characterizes finance allocation distortions in capital markets across state-owned and private-owned enterprises. It does so by implementing Whited and Zhao’s (2021) methodology to infer idiosyncratic...

Zambia - Public Finance Review : Strengthening Fiscal Governance for Transformative Public Sector Investments (anglais)

This Public Finance Review (PFR) discusses the challenges and opportunities in strengthening Zambia’s fiscal governance to support the government’s ambitious development agenda through transformative investments...

Dividend Payments by State-Owned Enterprises Policies and Practices (anglais)

This report addresses the importance of dividend policies for jurisdictions with profitable or potentially profitable state-owned enterprises (SOEs), against the background of current challenges in public...

What Happens When the State Is Bossing around Markets ? An Analysis of the Performance Differentials between Businesses of the State (BOS) and Private-Owned Enterprises (POEs) (anglais)

This paper studies the performance differentials between privately-owned enterprises and businesses of the state. Businesses of the State (BOS) are firms with 10 percent or more direct or indirect state...

Gambia, The - Second Fiscal Management, Energy and Telecom Reform Development Policy Financing Project (anglais)

Ratings for the Second Fiscal Management, Energy and Telecom Reform Development Policy Financing Project for Gambia, the were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the relevance of prior actions...

Algeria Economic Update : Investing in Data for Diversified Growth (anglais)

Algeria’s growth was robust in 2023, and inflation started to decelerate. GDP growth accelerated to 4.1 percent, supported by hydrocarbon sector growth, as natural gas production compensated for successive...

Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in the Mena Region : Synthesis and Cross-cutting Findings of SOE Governance Reviews of Six Countries (anglais)

This report is part of a World Bank review of state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance practices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The focus on governance is motivated by research pointing...

Cabo Verde - State Owned Enterprises Related Fiscal Management Project (anglais)

Ratings for the State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Related Fiscal Management Project for Cabo Verde were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory and monitoring and evaluation...

Ukraine - Growth Foundations Development Policy Operation : Chair Summary (anglais)

Mémorandum Economique Pays Djibouti : Djibouti Au-Delà des Ports et des Bases - Une Voie Vers la Prospérité pour Tous (français)

Alors que Djibouti entame sa deuxième phase de développement, il est essentiel de veiller à ce que les bénéfices de la croissance soient ressentis par tous les segments de la société, en particulier les...

Djibouti Country Economic Memorandum - Dijibouti Beyond the Ports and Bases: A Path to Prosperity for All : Fixing High Costs, Low Human Capital, and Governance for Sustained Growth and Jobs Creation (anglais)

As Djibouti embarks on its second phase of development, it is crucial to ensure that the benefits of growth are felt by all segments of society, particularly women and youth. To achieve this, three critical...

Comoros - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (anglais)

Comoros external and overall debt are sustainable including in the medium term but remain at high risk of debt distress. Three of the four external debt burden indicators continue to breach their respective...

Узбекистан - Отчёт согласно методике kомплексной оценки предприятий с государственным участием (iSOEF) (russe)

В настоящем докладе дается оценка сектора ГП Узбекистана и текущих тенденций реформ в этой стране. В докладе описывается одно из первых комплексных применений интегрированной системы государственных предприятий...

Cameroon - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (anglais)

Cameroon remains at high risk of debt distress while its overall debt sustainability indicators have been broadly stable compared to the previous debt sustainability analysis (DSA) report published in...

The Business of the State (anglais)

The state, as an owner of businesses, competes and collaborates with the private sector, and this involvement has profound implications for investment and growth. Governments actively participate in commercial...