This report presents key findings on chemical leasing—a business model that decouples the supplier’s income from volume sold, as the customer pays for the results the chemical use generates, not the volume of chemicals used.
Basic Statistics 2020 presents development indicators for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific, including new data on economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
This country forest note provides an upstream analysis of the status of forests as well as investments and policies relevant to the forest sector in the Lao People’s Demographic Republic. The analysis looks at forests in a programmatic and cross-sectoral manner to strategically position the World Bank Group to support the country in delivering on forest-relevant interventions.
The economic success of the Chilean forest sector relies heavily on its forest plantations, which are facing significant challenges. With the focus shifting away from plantations, Chile’s native forests have the potential to provide an increasing range of goods and services.
The objective of this note is to strengthen the dialog with Ukraine on the forest sector in light of the ongoing reforms in the country. It explores how the sector can increase its contribution to the post-pandemic economic recovery. It presents an overview of the sector and outlines opportunities to increase jobs and value added. It also looks at opportunities for a stronger forest based green economy through the revival of wood processing industry.