World Bank Program

Program to Date

Latvia joined the World Bank in August 1992. Since then, the Bank has played an important role in supporting Latvia’s transition through lending, policy dialogue, and analytical and advisory assistance. The last active Bank financed investment project to improve solid waste management in Liepaja was closed in June 2007. Continued Bank assistance to Latvia concentrates on demand-driven analytical and advisory services, including in public finance management, establishing framework for Latvia’s participation in international emissions trading, assistance with PPP projects, and technical assistance on regional development of lagging rural areas.

Latvia also continues to benefit from a number of cross-country analytical and advisory activities, including a programmatic study of public finance reform issues in the EU8 group of countries, a social inclusion report, and EU8+2 Regular Economic Reports.