This report assesses the potential for results-based finance to expand post-COVID recovery funds while improving sustainability efforts. By linking financial rewards to climate objectives, RBF enables innovative financing arrangements that can accelerate funding from the private sector.
The World Investment Report supports policymakers by monitoring global and regional investment trends and national and international policy developments. This year’s report reviews investment in the Sustainable Development Goals and shows the influence of investment policies on public health and economic recovery from the pandemic.
This World Bank study explores economic impacts on local economies, as local economic development is a goal in-and-of itself, and community support is a critical concern for protected areas and is needed to secure their long-term integrity. It also estimates protected area tourism’s economic costs and benefits to local communities, and explores how benefits may be increased and costs reduced.
This issue paper proposes a novel framework to support a transformative recovery in cities of the global South after COVID-19.
Does investing in nature actually deliver on development at the local level? This report provides insights into the types of direct, site-based interventions that can help or hinder the achievement of development outcomes for local people and, ultimately, the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Sustainable Development Goals.