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Discover the critical insights of the Finance and Prosperity Report 2024 through these compelling interactive graphs. Engage with these visualizations to explore the data, understand the trends, and gain valuable insights into the future of finance and prosperity.
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A Thai Recipe for Green Finance: What’s Cooking in the World of Sustainable Finance?
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Emerging market economies require USD 6.9 trillion to USD 7.6 trillion between 2023 and 2030 in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Additionally, intergovernmental organizations and research institutes worldwide estimate that global investments up to USD 275 trillion will be required between 2020 and 2050 to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050.
Sovereigns in emerging markets are recognizing the need for additional finance and exploring a myriad of options, including borrowing from the capital markets through dedicated sustainable financing instruments that earmark proceeds for specific types of projects. Since 2016, twenty-six emerging market (EM) sovereigns have issued green, social, and sustainability (GSS) bonds amounting to USD 125 billion, as of 30 June 2024. A key aspect of these labeled bonds is that issuers need to report the use of proceeds and the social and environmental impacts of projects and activities supported.
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Addressing climate risks and seizing opportunities to finance the transition to a sustainable economy are some of the most urgent and complex tasks currently facing the financial sector. Financial regulators and supervisors play a key role in guiding the financial sector to manage climate risks and mobilize finance for climate action more effectively. However, to ensure a just transition that makes sure vulnerable segments of the economy are not left behind – especially in developing countries – regulators and supervisors must consider financial inclusion when implementing measures to green the financial sector.
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Arresting climate change will require trillions of investment, the vast majority of which must come from private investors. As issuers increasingly market their offerings to investors seeking green investments, how can they be sure they are putting their money to promote causes as intended?
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For Rwanda, a country deeply committed to its own Vision 2050, the challenge is not just in meeting these lofty goals, but finding the financing to make it happen. The Development Bank of Rwanda is a key player in Rwanda’s quest for sustainable development. However, there’s a catch. Its traditional funding sources—namely, the Rwandan government and international institutions—are limited and often access is already stretched.
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Putting data to work
Latin America’s trend towards sustainability enhancing financial instruments is on the rise. New data allows for sub-annual, sub-national and context-tailored deforestation KPIs.
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Putting data to work
Showcasing the Peruvian Amazon, we see how cloud cover challenges can be tackled to monitor forest changes more presicely using a new data product.
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Portal update
This March, our Sovereign ESG Data Portal got expanded with new country data and extended timelines. It is now possible to gain insights into our 135 indicators with the most recent data up to 2022.
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New dataset
Drought is a major hydroclimatic hazard, with vast and varied socioeconomic and environmental impacts across the world. Between 1970 and 2019, drought affected about 55 million people every year, leading to significant loss of human life with more than 650,000 deaths
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Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
Income classification
Low income
Geographic region
East Asia & Pacific
Climate profile
Cold
Indicator
Value
Year
Population, total
26.42 million
2023
Population growth (annual %)
0.34%
2023
Surface area (sq. km)
120,540
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2.43
2023
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Finance and Prosperity 2024
This inaugural edition analyzes new data and highlights a growing divergence in financial sector resilience and stability among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) and critical trends in climate finance.
While financial sector risks in the larger and higher per capita countries are moderate, half of lower-income countries face significant risks over the next 12 months. Nearly 70 percent of countries facing high financial sector risks are currently not adequately prepared to handle financial stress. The report also identifies a particular risk facing financial sectors in several countries: a large and growing exposure to sovereign debt. This exposure surged to its highest level in the past decade. Finally, the report looks at how countries can enable more climate finance through the banking sector without compromising on the important goals of financial sector stability and inclusion for underserved people.
Learn more about the critical role of finance in achieving prosperity for all in the Finance and Prosperity report.
Sep 25, 2024
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