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Blog Post
November 13, 2023
The creation of a “forest carbon economy,” where countries reap the economic benefit of the emission reduction contributions of their forests, is increasingly seen as an important source of income for countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. Brazil’s President Lula is promoting the cre...
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June 28, 2023
On June 14, we published a paper titled “What Counts as Climate?” where we argued that the World Bank has developed a climate portfolio that lacks estimates of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and has no standardized reporting on GHG estimates. Last week, the World Bank sent an email to members o...
Blog Post
June 20, 2023
The Biden administration’s efforts to provide attractive alternatives to Chinese finance in the developing world coincides with a period of pronounced financial stresses for these countries. After years of ready access to capital markets, coinciding with China’s rise as the dominant source of govern...