Discussions
IMF Working Paper No. 2023/079 : Are We Heading for Another Debt Crisis in Low-Income Countries? Debt Vulnerabilities: Today vs the pre-HIPC Era
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/2023/English /wpiea2023079-print-pdf.ashx Abstract: There are growing concerns that 25 years after the launch of the HIPC debt relief initiative, many low-income countries are...
Looking for Digitalisation Experts EU Technical assistance
The EU facility, SOCIEUX +, is looking for experts for a short-term mission in Azerbaijan on digitalisation of social protection services. More info here
Looking for Digitalisation Experts EU Technical assistance
The EU facility, SOCIEUX +, is looking for experts for a short-term mission in Azerbaijan on digitalisation of social protection services. More info here
Report outlining evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts across seven countries NOW OUT!
This study synthesizes qualitative and quantitative evidence of EU-FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) impacts across seven countries – Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guyana and Honduras...
Three lessons on tackling corruption and strengthening governance
Corruption continues to take a heavy toll on countries around the globe. The consequences of corruption occasionally make the international headlines in a spectacular manner, such as when the Afghan government collapsed in 2021...
IMF Working Paper: Financial Performance and Macrofinancial Implications of State-Owned Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa
IMF Working Paper No. 2022/056 - Using a newly-compiled dataset of state-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, we present aggregate information about profitability, liquidity and leverage. We find that 40 percent of the close...
Ten lessons learned on Independent Forest Monitoring from the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme
Independent forest monitoring has been a core area of support for the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, offering a broad base of experience to draw from. Analyzing the main lessons learned from...
Guide to statistics in EU development cooperation — 2021 edition
Updated version of the guide is available at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/ks-…. This new edition of the Guide groups the previous sector chapters into four new thematic volumes on...
Special Report: Defining and assessing the effectiveness of civil society networks working on forest governance issues in Africa and Asia
New research from 12 countries in Africa and Asia is now available––examining how environmental civil society networks in these regions perceive their level of effectiveness. These insights into the multifaceted nature of...