This Review was prepared at the request of the Bulgaria National Bank (BNB). It presents the setting and the … promote corporate governance reforms in individual institutions, thereby enhancing the soundness of a specific bank. The … internationally recognized good practices in bank governance; a set of policy recommendations for the BNB on how to improve upon …

Statistics (CAS) with technical assistance from the World Bank. The survey was conducted during the period of September 2011 to … sample sizes within regions. CAS and the World Bank are working together to improve the quality of future surveys …

Lebanon's macro-financial conditions are currently under heavy scrutiny as the country faces increasing challenges. The … risk profile for Lebanon is rising sharply in light of the convergence of a number of negative local and global factors …, including global monetary conditions. Meanwhile, the utility of some of the tools used by the central bank is depleting …

Lebanon is in Crisis. While it is too early to gauge the economic impact of recent events, it is important to note that … even prior to the eruption of the demonstrations, the World Bank projected a small recession in 2019; we now estimate that … conditions that have long impeded Lebanon's development process. Lebanon's Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)1 identified elite …

This report aims to provide a background of the electricity sector in Lebanon and to estimate the current and future …

efforts to put Lebanon on a path of sustainable development. The overall objective of the 3RF is to help address the urgent … 3RF is also designed to contribute to: (a) consensus-building among the government of Lebanon and Lebanese non …

for Lebanese in the more fragile and conflict-affected regions. The geographical focus is North Lebanon, including Tripoli … the design and development of a jobs-focused program of financial support for North Lebanon. This diagnostic and program …, foster productivity, and increase earnings: 1) an assessment of the investment climate in North Lebanon; 2) a value chain …

partnership between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), the World Bank, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and …