January 24, 2025 | World Bank Treasury published an extended case study: Romania: Insights from Romania's Inaugural EUR 2 Billion Sovereign Green Bond
November 22, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published its 9th issue of the Labeled Bond Quarterly Market Overview.
November 20, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a product note: Climate Resilient Debt Clause (CRDC) .
October 29, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a blog: Romania leverages climate financing to achieve national priorities.
October 10, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a case study: India's largest state bank refinances an IBRD loan via private lenders, with MIGA guarantee.
August 13, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a brochure Financing Solutions for IDA-Eligible Countries, also available in French: Solutions de financement pour les pays éligibles à l’IDA.
June 6, 2024 | World Bank Treasury announced in a press release a report published by the Sustainable Finance & ESG Advisory Services Program: Trends in Allocation & Impact Reporting: Ensuring Transparency in Emerging Market Sovereign Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds.
June 6, 2024 | World Bank Treasury’s Sustainable Finance & ESG Advisory Services Program and World Bank Extractives Global Unit co-published a report: Just Transition Taxonomy — Narrative Report.
June 6, 2024 | World Bank Treasury’s Sustainable Finance & ESG Advisory Services Program in partnership with SGX Fixed Income will hold an in-person, high-level discussion on “Unlocking Sustainable Financing Flows for Environmental and Social Impact in Emerging Markets: Lessons from Southeast Asia”
May 28, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Uruguay Pioneers World Bank's First Loan with Built-in Climate Incentives.
May 3, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a series of short videos about Colombia's Icetex and World Bank partnership about Unlocking Higher Education in Colombia Yurley's Story, Daniel's Story, Julian P's Story, Julian N's Story.
April 4, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a Feature Story and a video: Investing in Colombia's Future: How Innovative Financing Unlocked Higher Education (available also in Spanish)
March 11, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Viet Nam’s Oldest Bank BIDV Issues Inaugural Green Bond in the Domestic Market
February 7, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a feature story and a Case Study: Brazil Sovereign Sustainable Bond: Financing a greener, more inclusive, and equitable economy (in Spanish, in Portuguese)
January 15, 2024 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Reducing the Philippines' exposure to interest rate volatility
December 1, 2023 | World Bank Treasury in collaboration with the World bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innnovation Glabal Practice, published a Case Study: Rwanda Issues First-Ever Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) Backed by World Bank’s Innovative Financial Structure and a blog How Rwanda’s inaugural Sustainability-Linked Bond broke new ground in leveraging private capital
October 2, 2023 World Bank Treasury participated in the 2nd Webinar of the PDM Network “Protecting Against Climate-Risks and Disasters: Tools for Ministries of Finance”
September 27, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Proactive Financial Risk Management Helps Indonesia Manage Currency and Interest Rate Risks
June 26, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: IPF-DDO - World Bank’s Innovative Solution Provides a Safety Net for Projects and Institutions
June 12, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study and a Blog on India's inaugural $2bn sovereign green bond that supports climate transition and green growth
June 8, 2023 | World Bank Treasury in collaboration with World Bank's Environment, and Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practices coauthored a note: Assessment and Options Analysis of Climate and Nature Financing Instruments and Opportunities
May 5, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Tanzania Leverages New IDA Financial Product to Maximize Savings
April 25, 2023 | World Bank Treasury launched a new e-Learning course: Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) bonds - Sustainable Finance Solutions for Emerging Markets
April 10, 2023 | World Bank Sustainable Development published a story: From India to Indonesia, Green Bonds Help Countries Move Toward Sustainability
February 20, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Ukraine: Finding the Right Financial Solution Under Fragility and Conflict
January 19, 2023 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: World Bank supports crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s efforts to reduce interest rate risk on its loans
November 29, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a video: Colombia-World Bank: A partnership in successful financial risk management
November 8, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: EGYPT: The First Sovereign Green Bond in the Middle East and North Africa
November 8, 2022 | World Bank Treasury announced the publishing of the report Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds: Unlocking the Potential for Emerging Markets with a press release, an event, and a blog.
October 26, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Kazakhstan Saves on Interest Cost and Improves its Debt-Service Repayments
September 13, 2022 | World Bank Treasury organized a Roundtable discussion: Climate Budget Tagging and Engaging with Investors
September 7, 2022 | World Bank Treasury a Feature Story: Colombia: Leading the Path to Sustainability in Latin America
August 26, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Angola’s Interest Rate Fixings Generate USD 270 Million in Potential Savings
July 25, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study and a Feature Story on Indonesia’s First Sustainability Bond by a Non-Bank Financial Institution Focuses on Green and Inclusive Development
July 12, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Colombia’s Cat DDO: Strengthening Resilience to Disasters, Climate Change and Health Risks
June 22, 2022 | World Bank Treasury and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, jointly published a blog: The Opportunity of Green, Social, and Sustainable (GSS) Bonds to Finance Development in Africa
June 20, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: A World Bank Facility makes funding affordable for countries hosting refugees
June 13, 2022 | World Bank Treasury in collaboration with the Debt Management Facility published a paper: What Is the Role of Inflation-Linked Bonds for Sovereigns?
May 26, 2022 | World Bank Treasury United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, jointly organized a workshop on GSS bonds for West Africa
March 15, 2022 | World Bank Treasury co-published a feature story about Supporting Egypt’s Inaugural Green Bond Issuance
March 3, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Video about supporting the Government of Botswana in reducing the total amount of estimated interest on a new USD 250 million IBRD Development Policy Financing (DPF)
March 3, 2022 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Mobilizing More Money for Small Businesses in Rwanda through Innovative Blended Finance
December 14, 2021 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: IBRD Helps Jordan Meet Critical Financial Needs Through a Customized Financial Solution
October 28, 2021 | World Bank Treasury held a Roundtable on Investor Perspectives on Emerging Market Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS) Bonds
October 14, 2021 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Botswana Halves its Total Estimated Interest Payments by Customizing an IBRD Policy Loan
September 16, 2021 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: World Bank Catastrophe Bond provides Jamaica with Financial Protection against Tropical Cyclones
July 16, 2021 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Helping Turkey Mobilize €500 Million in Long-Term Financing from Commercial Markets Amid the Crisis
June 3, 2021 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Helping Colombia reduce the risk of interest rate increases in their IBRD debt portfolio by 99 percent
May 7, 2021 | World Bank Treasury World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Partial Maturity Currency Conversions: How a Client Was Protected Against Fourfold Currency Depreciation
May 6, 2021 | World Bank Treasury World Bank Treasury published a Blog: Investor demand for emerging market thematic bonds to finance a sustainable recovery
February 25, 2021 | World Bank Treasury Webinar: Sovereign Debt Managers and Investors: Bridging the Gap on ESG
November 17, 2020 | World Bank Treasury published a Feature Story: Helping Sovereign Debt Managers Meet Investor Expectations for ESG Information
November 12, 2020 | World Bank Treasury published a Blog, Authored by Farah Hussain: Promoting better engagement on ESG between investors and sovereign debt managers
November 8, 2020 | The World Bank Treasury published a practical guide for debt management practitioners titled “Engaging with Investors on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues”.
September 23-24, 2020 | World Bank Treasury and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) organized their first Catastrophe Bond Workshop.
September 10, 2020 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Uruguay: Protecting State-Owned Enterprises Against Commodity Price Volatility.
August 4, 2020 | Wharton Risk Management And Decision Processes Center Published Q&A with Michael Bennett and Naomi Cooney at the World Bank Treasury to hear about the role of CAT bonds in sovereign disaster risk financing and how the World Bank’s CAT bonds support sustainable development.
July 29, 2020 | World Bank, lead by Treasury's Sustainable Finance Advisory team, published the "Developing a National Green Taxonomy: A World Bank Guide", to help regulators in emerging economies who seek to “green” their countries’ financial systems.
June 30, 2020 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: Montenegro: Mobilizing Long-Term Private Financing at a Lower Cost During the COVID-19 Crisis.
May, 2020 | World Bank Treasury's Farah Hussain' article, Sovereign social bonds to protect lives and livelihoods was published in the Environmental Finance.
April 13, 2020 | World Bank Treasury published a feature story The Philippines: Transferring the Cost of Severe Natural Disasters to Capital Markets about the catastrophe bonds to insure the Philippines.
December 3, 2019 | World Bank Treasury published a Case Study: The Philippines: Transferring the Cost of Severe Natural Disasters to Capital Markets about the catastrophe bonds to insure the Philippines.
November 25, 2019 | World Bank Treasury issued catastrophe bonds to insure Philippines for three years up to US$75 million for losses from earthquakes and US$150 million for losses from tropical cyclones.
October 21, 2019 | World Bank Treasury organized the second roundtable on the "Sovereign Issuer Engagement with Investors on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues".
