Publications

Recent Publications

Featured below are selected publications, brochures, and other resources produced by IFC Advisory Services. Most are available in downloadable PDF format.

	Outcomes The latest issue of Outcomes showcases some of the ways IFC is working to support entrepreneurs 'on the ground'. Read how in Africa , IFC is working with other development partners to develop and support entrepreneurs in conflict- affected countries.
	Moving Towards Competitiveness: A Value Chain Approach A Value Chain Approach offers a practical and targeted approach to prioritize and address key policy and institutional constraints in the business
	Our Clients Speak Client Stories From Eastern Europe and Central Asia
	Business Linkages: Lessons, Opportunities, and Challenges This report explores the practice of business linkages between large firms and smaller enterprises in developing countries, identifying challenges and opportunities.
	IFC Advisory Services Network IFC and its partners fund IFC’s Advisory Services network, the Corporation’s principal means of providing advisory services around the world, with combined annual spending of 60 million and more than 850 people on the ground.

	Creating Opportunities for Small Business IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing private capital in local and international fi nancial markets, and providing advisory and risk mitigation services to businesses and governments.
	Japan and IFC: Creating Opportunities Together Japan strongly supports IFC’s goal of promoting sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives. Helping recipient countries establish competitive investment climates to foster the private sector is a critical part of sustainable development in emerging markets. Japanese version
	Switzerland and IFC: Promoting Economic Integration and Reducing Poverty Together IFC and Switzerland share a commitment to supporting the private sector in developing countries. We have built extensive collaboration over the years and have increased the effectiveness of our operations.
	From Ideas to Impact IFC provides advisory services to its clients through its multidonor facilities around the world. This publication highlights a range of our advisory activities.

	Leasing Manual 2005: Leasing in Development, Guidelines for Emerging Economies Mathew Fletcher, Rachel Freeman, Murat Sultanov, and Umedjan Umarov. International Finance Corporation: Washington, D.C., November 2005.

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Monitor Series

An overview of select program evaluations.

• Innovations in Impact Evaluation in IFC
• The Small and Medium Enterprise Toolkit
• Seaweed Farming in Indonesia
• Replicating Village Phone from Uganda and Bangladesh
• Access to Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• Ready-made Garments: Challenges in Implementing a Sector Strategy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution in Southeast Europe
• The Challenge of Farm Forestry in India
• Corporate Governance Advisory Service Programs
• PRODEM's Automated Teller Machine and Point of Sale Network in Bolivia
• Linkage Programs to Develop Small and Medium Enterprises
• Do Programs Supporting High Growth Entrepreneurs Work?
• Business Edge: Status and Disposition
• Leasing Advisory Services Programs
• Solar Development Capital: Lessons Learned I Financing Solar Home Systems

Please send comments on the Monitor series to Geeta Batra, Principal Evaluation Officer.