World Bank [to 22 August 2015]
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[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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Solutions for Youth Employment Sets Ambitious Goal
The global coalition aims to provide catalytic support to employment and productive work for 150 million youth by 2030
Date: August 12, 2015

Investors Welcome Newly Released World Bank Green Bond Impact Report
Over the past seven years, the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) has been engaging with investors to drive growth and innovation in the green bond market.
Date: August 11, 2015

In Latin America, a Concerted Effort to Green the Landscape
August 7, 2015
Innovative approach helps developed and developing countries find ways to preserve forests and slow the pace and impact of climate change.
Latin American countries, such as Chile, El Salvador and Mexico, are taking a variety of steps to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Restoring forests. Monitoring the loss of individual trees. Using biological fertilizers. Working with communities. What do all of these have in common?
They are all part of a menu of solutions that countries in Latin America are adopting to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). REDD+ is a global initiative to help create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests; it offers developing countries incentives to reduce emissions from forest land, while developed countries pay for the carbon that is not released into the atmosphere as a result of forest conservation…

In Africa, Progress in Country-Led Government Reforms
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2015 —The overall quality of government policies and institutions designed to spur development and reduce poverty in African countries remained steady in 2014, with the greatest progress…
Date: August 5, 2015

Annual Assessment of Policies and Institutions in Africa Shows Slippage in some Policy Areas, Gains in Others
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2015— The latest World Bank review of government policies and institutions in Africa shows that 26% of countries made broad progress in supporting development and poverty reduction in 2014.

The review is the annual World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Africa analysis, which rates the performance and challenges of poor countries. Since 1980, CPIA ratings have been used to determine the allocation of zero-interest financing and grants for countries that are eligible for support from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank Group’s fund for the world’s poorest countries.

CPIA scores are based on a scale of 1–6, with 6 the highest, and are measured using 16 indicators in four areas: economic management, structural policies, policies for social inclusion and equity, and public sector management and institutions. The overall CPIA score reflects the average of the four areas of the CPIA.

The average CPIA score for these African countries was 3.2 in 2014.

Report pdf: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Africa : assessing Africa’s policies and institutions (includes Djibouti and Yemen)