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Jan 24, 2023

Women Farmers in Niger Embrace Drip Irrigation and Become Smallholder Producers

Agriculture accounts for 40 percent of Niger’s GDP. Most of it is based on smallholder farming, and nearly 85 percent of the population depends on agriculture for their subsistence.

Jan 23, 2023

Untapping the Potential of the Sugarcane Sector in India

Women are key in the sugarcane industry and have an untapped potential to contribute to the growth of the sector.

Jan 23, 2023

Case Study: Exploring Client Approaches to Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response - Energia del Pacifico, Infrastructure, El Salvador

In a country with a high prevalence of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Harassment (GBVH) (estimated to cost the GDP 3.9% (2019), Energia del Pacifico (EDP) recognized the need to go beyond minimum environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements to boost its ESG performance and manage GBV risks.

13 pages | © January 2023 | Complimentary

Jan 18, 2023

UNHCR and IFC cooperation for the inclusion of refugees and migrants in Brazil

IFC and UNHCR have been working together since 2018 to create innovative solutions to overcome the challenges faced by refugees and migrants in Brazil. This factsheet highlights the projects and key results of the partnership in the country, which explores potential ways to engage the private sector in creating jobs, increasing access to affordable housing, and promoting financial inclusion.

English, 4 pages | Portuguese, 4 pages | 2023 IFC

Jan 10, 2023

IFC年次報告書2022

Jan 1, 2023

Case Study: Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health)

Ayala Corporation, the parent organization that launched AC Health, is a much larger conglomerate, still controlled primarily by the same family that founded it in 1834. During the past decade, parent and startup have both defined their core purpose as making life better for all Filipinos.

Dec 20, 2022

The State of Gender Equality in Corporate Leadership: Market Monitors for Latin America, G20, Regional

The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative in partnership with IFC and UN Women have produced these three market monitors to present a ranking of stock exchanges based on gender balance of issuers’ boards in Latin America, G20, and regional markets.

6 pages | © December 2022 IFC | Complimentary

Dec 20, 2022

Sourcing of Post-Industrial Cotton Textile Waste in the Tangier Area, Morocco

This report analyses the post-industrial cotton textile waste in the Tangier area, Morocco, to support the textile and apparel sector’s transition towards circular models of production.

English | 39 pages | 2022 IFC

Dec 16, 2022

DigiPharma | Helping Pharmaceutical Companies with Digitalization

DigiPharma is a digital strategy enabler that is supporting the transition to digitalization in pharma

English | 2 pages | 2022 IFC

Dec 16, 2022

DigiHealth | Helping Health Companies with Digitalization

DigiHealth is a digital strategy enabler that is supporting digitalization in healthcare.

English | 2 pages | 2022 IFC

Dec 13, 2022

Cumulative Impact Assessment and Management of Renewable Energy Development in the Sekong River Basin, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The Cumulative Impact Assessment and Management of Renewable Energy Development in the Sekong River Basin, Lao People’s Democratic Republic aims to support decision making for sustainable development of renewable energy resources.

225 pages | © December 2022 IFC | Complimentary

Dec 8, 2022

FY23 Budget: Enabling Delivery on the Road to 2030

IFC’s FY23-25 program will be delivered in a context of heightened uncertainty. Geopolitical tensions and conflict are compounding existing vulnerabilities and interrelated risks. While program volatility will continue over the near term, reflecting underlying economic conditions, IFC remains firmly committed to its 2030 targets and Capital Package compact with shareholders.

English | 19 pages | 2022 IFC

Dec 7, 2022

Analysis of Best Practices in Environmental Disclosure Policies

IFC and CDP, a not-for-profit, which runs the global environmental disclosure system, prepared a report analyzing the current state of best practices in environmental disclosure, examining more than 100 disclosure practices across developed and developing economies.

44 pages | © December 2022 IFC, CDP | Complimentary

Dec 7, 2022

Creating Markets in Cameroon: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Cameroon Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC and World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, and policy recommendations.

English - 136 pages, Français - 150 pages | 2022 IFC

Dec 6, 2022

Powered by Women Nepal Progress Update (December 2020 - March 2022)

This is an update from 19 hydropower companies who have signed up to IFC’s Powered by Women Nepal initiative to promote gender equality and diversity at the workplace.

8 pages | © December 2022 IFC | Complimentary

Dec 2, 2022

Supply Chain Finance Market Assessment: Nigeria

The Nigerian economy is heavily reliant on crude oil exports, resulting in significant instability as global oil prices fluctuate.

Dec 2, 2022

Market Bite Nigeria: Innovation Offers Key to the Broader MSME Finance Market

The Nigerian economy is heavily reliant on crude oil exports, resulting in significant instability as global oil prices fluctuate.

Nov 30, 2022

Factsheet: Women Banking Champions Program

The Women Banking Champions program, launched in 2018 by IFC in partnership with the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), aims to improve access to finance and boost financial inclusion for women entrepreneurs.

Nov 26, 2022

Market Bite Iraq: Economic Recovery Creates Opportunity to Invest in Small and Medium Businesses

This report shares the results of an IFC survey of 827 SMEs in Iraq, focusing on the financial health and access to finance for SMEs.

Nov 22, 2022

Creating Opportunities in Challenging Markets: Highlights of IFC Investments Supported by Blended Concessional Finance

Report highlighting how blended finance helps IFC undertake high-risk, high-impact projects that create opportunity in the world’s most challenging markets.

English | 31 pages | 2022 IFC

Nov 16, 2022

Inclusion Financière en Tunisie État des lieux et opportunités

Inclusion Financière en Tunisie État des lieux et opportunités

Nov 16, 2022

Market Bite Tunisie: Opportunités de digitalisation et de financement des chaînes de valeur agricoles

L’enquête IFC révèle que les agriculteurs tunisiens ont largement recours au cash et à des sources de financement informelles.

Nov 15, 2022

Closing the Gender Finance Gap Through the Use of Blended Finance

A guide on the use of blended finance instruments to help women-led SMEs access financing to grow their business.

English | 16 pages | 2022 IFC

Nov 10, 2022

Strengthening Sustainability in the E-Waste Industry

The harnessing of electric power in the late-19th century ushered in an industrial era that forever changed the way people work, communicate, and interact.

English | 15 pages | IFC 2021

Nov 9, 2022

Adapting to Natural Disasters in Africa: What’s in it for the Private Sector?

A study on private sector investment opportunities that respond to increasingly frequent and severe floods and droughts in Africa.