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This Public Finance Review proposes policies aimed at supporting Serbia’s path toward EU membership and high income status.

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Zambia is simultaneously amongst the poorest and the most unequal countries in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.6 million individuals - was living on less than US$2.15 a ...

Since its inception in 2008, the Development Policy Financing (DPF) with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) instrument has seen significant expansion across all regions, channeling ...

It is necessary to unlock large pools of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition.

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Banks in emerging markets are increasingly providing non-financial services to their SME clients, typically consisting of ...

With road infrastructure steadily expanding—and projections indicating significant growth—it is important to ensure that road construction and upgrades do not trigger direct and indirect biodiversity ...

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This document outlines the critical role of accessibility as a precondition for the inclusion of nearly a third of the ...