Economics & Development

This CPF FY26–30 for Republic of Yemen Annex 2 outlines financing and implementation arrangements to deliver outcomes through a unified World Bank Group approach. IDA will prioritize multi-sector investments, leveraging limited Performance-Based Allocation and additional resources such as RECA and trust funds, while scaling private sector engagement through IFC and MIGA. The program builds on an existing $2 billion portfolio and strong analytical foundations. Implementation emphasizes adaptive modalities using domestic institutions, third-party implementers, and selective engagement with the Internationally Recognized Government. Strengthened localization, risk management, monitoring systems, and annual business planning will ensure flexibility, accountability, and sustained impact in Yemen’s fragile and conflict-affected context.

Ratings of the Tanzania: Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth for United Republic of Tanzania were as follows: outcome was unsatisfactory, Bank performance was unsatisfactory, and M&E quality was modest. Lessons and recommendations were: for operations that support protected area (PA) management, especially enforcement, proactively identify, assess, and mitigate security risks during preparation and implementation through thorough institutional assessments of law enforcement mandates, codes of conduct, use-of-force protocols, and community liaison capacity, and put in place incident monitoring and reporting systems; establish robust, inclusive, and well-scoped Process Frameworks (PF) to regulate access to restricted natural resource areas, ensuring early and continuous engagement of affected stakeholders, clear rules for access and adaptive zoning, facilitated dialogue and mediation mechanisms, and strong grievance redress mechanisms (GRM) and monitoring; define project areas clearly, assess sensitive or unresolved legacy issues such as boundary changes and land or water disputes, and allocate sufficient supervision resources and instruments to cover both direct and indirect impact zones, including systematic monitoring of boundary changes and media or third-party reports; carefully sequence community livelihood support and benefit-sharing measures ahead of or alongside strengthened PA enforcement to build trust, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and foster local support for conservation and tourism; scale and replicate the Community Conservation Bank (COCOBA) microfinance model, paired with targeted skills development in tourism, hospitality, and environmental conservation, to enable conservation-friendly livelihoods and strengthen community-park relations; and when accountability processes are initiated, use them promptly as an opportunity to revisit risks and implementation approaches, acknowledge weaknesses early, and act on corrective measures, such as those later reflected in the Management Action Plan (MAP), to address livelihood challenges linked to restrictions on access to park resources.

The Country Opinion Survey in North Macedonia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in North Macedonia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in North Macedonia on 1) their views regarding the general environment in North Macedonia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in North Macedonia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in North Macedonia; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in North Macedonia.

The Guidelines How to Prepare and Execute Performance Based Contracts for Road Asset Management - Interactive PDF For Basic PBC & Advanced Users, offer a comprehensive tool to support the introduction of PBCs. Taking into consideration the wide range of sector maturity across regions, the Guidelines are organized into two workstreams—basic and advanced—so they can be easily adapted to a particular country’s or subregion’s level of preparedness. The present Guidance Note is intended to provide a roadmap for practitioners seeking to customize PBCs to local sector maturity.