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Blog Post
December 11, 2023
The World Bank offered up several new climate commitments at COP, including that 45 percent of its annual financing will be devoted to climate-related projects. The question is: what does “climate-related” mean? Will these funds really influence climate outcomes, or will they be the financial equiva...
Blog Post
December 11, 2023
With today being Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, many stakeholders are rightly concerned about the stalling progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3)—"Good Health and Well-being,” of which UHC is an integral part. Since many SDG indicators of progress are outcome-focused, they ca...
POLICY PAPERS
December 11, 2023
Factors like borrowing costs and access to alternative sources of finance will likely limit country demand for World Bank climate mitigation finance absent financial incentives, which could prove costly and difficult to resource at the scale needed to have meaningful impact. There's a risk that thes...