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Oct 18, 2022

Increasing Access to Health Services Through Inclusive Digital Health

This report aims to share knowledge on how healthcare providers can embed digital health into their business models to expand access to health services among the underserved, or individuals at the base of the pyramid.

English - 16 pages | Español - 16 pages | 2022 IFC

Feb 3, 2021

Using Blended Concessional Finance to Invest in Challenging Markets

Why and when to use blended concessional finance to support private sector projects is outlined by IFC, in a report drawing on its two decades of experience.

English | 64 pages | IFC 2021

Dec 21, 2020

Creating Markets in Egypt: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

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

English - 144 pages | Arabic - 119 pages | 2020 IFC

Nov 11, 2020

Crowdsourcing the Future of SME Financing

What will financing for small and medium-sized enterprises look like in 2030? Entrepreneurs, bankers, officials, executives, and innovators share their visions.

Mar 15, 2017

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの軌跡

IFCのクライアント企業の中で成功を収めている5社の事例（アグリビジネス、教育、金融サービス、ヘルスケア）を紹介しています。

56 pages | | © 2016 IFC |

Mar 1, 2017

Corporación Grupo Fybeca S.A. (GPF)

Fybeca a pharmaceutical retailer with a history of innovation, saw an opportunity to complement its high-end pharmacy chain, Fybeca, with a down market chain so that customers could access quality medicines at economical prices. In 2000, GPF launched SanaSana — its first pharmacy for low-income customers.

Sep 16, 2016

Built for Change: Inclusive Business Solutions for the Base of the Pyramid

IFC presents five in-depth case studies of inclusive businesses and identifies the common strategies these companies are employing to do business with people living at the base of the pyramid. Ranging in geographies and sectors (agriculture, education, financial services, and healthcare), each company has a unique path but their shared strategies provides insights that can spark innovation among future business entrepreneurs. The case studies are based on interviews with the companies’ founders, chief executive, and senior management.

Sep 7, 2016

G20 Inclusive Business Report for the 2016 Summit

Leaders at the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, China emphasized the need for sustainable and inclusive growth, and welcomed the 2016 Inclusive Business report and the launch of the G20 Global Platform on Inclusive Business www.g20inclusivebusiness.org. The Platform is a global partnership that seeks to accelerate the adoption of inclusive business policies and programs globally.

Nov 17, 2015

G20 Inclusive Business Framework and Leaders’ Call to Action

Leaders at the G20 Leaders Summit in Turkey issued a call to action to public and private sector representatives, international organizations and civil society to advance the ability of businesses around the world to integrate low-income people into their value chains. The call highlights inclusive business’ important role in the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending poverty by 2030. As part of the Call to action, the G20 endorsed the G20 Inclusive Business Framework, which presents policy options for G20 and non-G20 governments, companies, and international financial institutions to promote and support inclusive business.

Mar 3, 2015

インクルーシブ・ビジネス ～成功企業から学ぶノウハウ～

IFCのクライアント企業が時間を費やし、BOP層へのアプローチに成功した際の戦略と手法について紹介しています。特に企業がBOP層をバリューチェーンに取り込む際に中心となるサプライヤーと消費者へのアプローチについて詳細に検討しています。

48 pages || © 2015 IFC |

Feb 3, 2015

インクルーシブ･ビジネス･ボンド

新興市場におけるインクルーシブ・ビジネスを支援するため新たに発行した「インクルーシブ・ビジネス・ボンド」について紹介しています。

2 pages | | © 2015 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

インクルーシブ ビジネスのための GLOBAL CONSUMPTION DATA

世界銀行グループが発表した世界の家計支出に関する最新データ、Global Consumption Databaseについて紹介しています。

8 pages || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Promigas S.A. E.S.P.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Promigas S.A. E.S.P.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Procafecol S.A.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Procafecol S.A.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Shanghai F-Road Commercial Services Co. Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Shanghai F-Road Commercial Services Co. Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Fundacion Cardiovascular

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Fundacion Cardiovascularのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Engro Foods Limited

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Engro Foods Limitedのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Manila Water Company

2013年度Financial Times/IFC共催Sustainable Finance Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Manila Water Companyのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2013 IFC |

May 31, 2014

"SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions" magazine in Agribusiness

How can companies across the world achieve stronger performance while addressing sustainability challenges? How can they learn from each other? And how can IFC help by leveraging its unique vantage point at the intersection of business and development? SUSTAIN addresses these questions by offering a global platform for a conversation on cutting-edge business solutions among thought leaders and pioneers from the private sector, international organizations, academia, and the World Bank Group.

60 pages | © May 2014 IFC | Complimentary

Jun 25, 2013

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの可能性

4 pages | | © 2013 IFC |

Jun 12, 2013

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの先駆者たち

本書ではインクルーシブ・ビジネスの先駆者であるIFCのクライアント企業のリーダーたち14人を特集しています。インタビューを元に彼らの奮闘に焦点を当て、日々の取り組みや仕事に対する情熱を紹介しています。

44 pages | | © 2013 IFC |

Mar 20, 2013

The Role of the Private Sector in Expanding Health Access to the Base of the Pyramid

IFC’s purpose is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and improve their lives by developing more outlets for inclusive and sustainable growth. To ensure equitable access to healthcare, we are committed to supporting companies that are providing health services to the poor in commercially viable ways. To this end, IFC conducted a study on how to help the private sector expand access to health services to the base of the pyramid. The study examined Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Turkey—countries with significant health markets yet large underserved populations. Three health segments were analyzed: healthcare service provision, distribution of drugs and medical equipment, and medical technology.

Dec 12, 2012

G20チャレンジ：革新的なインクルーシブ・ビジネス～受賞企業のプロフィール～

本書ではG20チャレンジ・革新的なインクルーシブビジネス（G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation）で選出された優良企業の概要を紹介しています。

52 pages | | © 2012 IFC |

Sep 22, 2011

Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities: Business Models that Make a Difference

IFC's newest inclusive business report, "Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities," identifies seven inclusive business models that expand access to goods, services, and livelihood opportunities for the world’s poorest people while generating strong financial returns. These models are helping companies turn underserved populations into dynamic consumer markets and diverse new sources of supply. 

Sep 22, 2011

Inclusive Business Models: Guide to the Inclusive Business Models in IFC's Portfolio

This new report includes a set of 31 case studies on IFC’s portfolio companies with inclusive business models. Together these companies are profitably providing goods, services, and livelihood opportunities to more than 100 million people at the base of the economic pyramid. 

Sep 19, 2011

Annual Report 2011

IFC’s Annual Report 2011 highlights IFC’s support for businesses and entrepreneurs while promoting, developing, and generating growth. IFC provided nearly $19 billion in financing for private sector development, $6.5 billion of which was mobilized from partners.

English | 116 Pages | © 2011 IFC | Complimentary

Sep 19, 2011

Corporate SME Workouts Report

The Corporate and SME workouts: A Manual of Best Practice", is a guide for lending institution staff dealing with corporate and SME non-performing loans (NPLs). This manual deals with both ad hoc and systemic financial distress and delves into how borrower problems may have arisen in the first place. It provides guidance to lending institutions’ staff responsible for handling individual problem loans and to senior managers responsible for organizing portfolio-wide asset resolution.

Sep 16, 2011

Sense and Sensibility: Helping Companies See the Value of Women in the Boardroom

This SmartLesson describes the initiative in Jordan and Pakistan, which will be an adaptable model for other select countries in the region.

Sep 1, 2011

General Principles for Credit Reporting

The report describes the nature of credit reporting elements which are crucial for understanding credit reportingand to ensuring that credit reporting systems are safe, efficient and reliable. The Principles suggest the key characteristics that should be satisfied by different systems and the infrastructure used to support them to achieve a common purpose.

Sep 1, 2011

Sustainability Case Study: Newpack (Madagascar)

This case study showcases I&P, an IFC Private Equity client, and one of its investee company, Newpack, a corrugated cardboard packaging SME in Madagascar. Through resource efficiency and the recycling and sales of paper waste, Newpack has garnered new clients and increased financial returns.

4 pages | © September 2011 IFC | Complimentary

Sep 1, 2011

Moderna

Moderna Alimentos S.A. (Moderna) is Ecuador’s leading miller and marketer of wheat flour. Moderna currently supports over 4,200 small bakeries with critical ingredients, convenient ordering and delivery methods, technical assistance, and credit. Over 10,000 individuals at more than 5,000 small bakeries have received business and bakery training.

Aug 25, 2011

Regional Energy Saving Program Development: Comprehensive Approach, Methodology, 2010

The goal of this methodology is to present a practical algorithm of creating regional energy saving programs.  Energy saving is often seen as independent from main regional development programs, but in reality it is an integral part, and often a basic element, of regional development as a whole.
Regional Energy Saving Program Development: Comprehensive Approach, Methodology, 2010

Aug 25, 2011

IFC Financing to Micro, SME in Europe and Central Asia, Factsheet, 2010

IFC is working to develop solutions to close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) financing gap, collaborating with 88 financial institutions across 24 countries in Europe and Central Asia.  As of June 2010, IFC committed a total of $2.8 billion to MSME finance in Europe and Central Asia, with $918.7 million in fiscal year 2010. In addition, IFC’s microfinance institution (MFI) clients had 209 thousand loans outstanding to micro-enterprises in Europe and Central Asia by end of 2009, totaling $411.3 million. Similarly, IFC’s SME financial institution (SME FI) clients had 386 thousand loans outstanding to SMEs by end of 2009, totaling $29.9 billion in this region. IFC Financing to Micro, SME in Europe and Central Asia, Factsheet, 2010

Aug 25, 2011

IFC Advisory Services in Infrastructure, Ongoing Public-Private Partnerships in Southern Europe & Central Asia, Flyer 2010

There are currently six active public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure in the region.  Southern Europe and Central Asia has been hard hit by the global economic turmoil. IFC’s strategy is to improve the business enabling environment by modernizing the region’s infrastructure and helping governments strengthen regulatory frameworks. IFC Advisory Services in Infrastructure, Ongoing Public-Private Partnerships in Southern Europe & Central Asia, Flyer 2010

Aug 25, 2011

Energy Efficiency: A New Resource for Sustainable Growth, Practices Among Companies in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine, Survey Report, 2010

This report summarizes and analyzes the results of energy effi ciency surveys undertaken by IFC in the industrial sectors of six countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine (the “survey countries”).  The survey assessed how industrial enterprises in each of the survey countries prioritize, understand, plan, fi nance, and implement energy effi ciency investments. Th e resulting analysis is intended to help governments, fi nancial institutions, companies, donors, and private investors identify opportunities to provide goods and services that improve energy efficiency.  The industrial sectors surveyed were the food, chemical, building materials, metal processing, and machine building industries. Energy Efficiency: A New Resource for Sustainable Growth, Practices Among Companies in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine, Survey Report, 2010

Aug 25, 2011

Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADR) in the Western Balkans: Giving Mediation a Chance, Telling Our ADR Story, 2010

The Alternative Dispute Resolution program was started in 2003 with the goal of providing companies in the region with a much quicker and cheaper option for resolving commercial disputes: mediation.  This report describes the means IFC used to introduce and implement this ADR approach in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADR) in the Western Balkans: Giving Mediation a Chance, Telling Our ADR Story, 2010

Aug 25, 2011

Corporate Governance Success Stories

Corporate Governance Success Stories

Aug 22, 2011

Women Business Owners in Vietnam

Women Business Owners in Vietnam

Aug 19, 2011

Simplification of The Process and Procedures In Land Access And Development Permits In Vietnam

Simplification of The Process and Procedures In Land Access And Development Permits In Vietnam

Aug 11, 2011

International Standards and Technical Regulations Program brochure, 2009

International Standards and Technical Regulations Program brochure, 2009

Aug 10, 2011

Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: Why It Matters to Investors - and What They Can Do About It

Private Sector Opinion 22: by Melsa Ararat and George Dallas. What should investors do when scholarly research on corporate governance in emerging markets does not provide conclusive evidence on which aspects of governance matter most across all the emerging markets and how they affect firm performance?

Aug 1, 2011

Climate Risk and Business: Agribusiness - Tropical Plantation and Refinery

This study assesses climate-related risks for Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC).

Jul 21, 2011

Focus 9: Women on Boards: A Conversation with Male Directors

More than 15 prominent male chairpersons, CEOs, and directors of listed and unlisted companies worldwide shared their opinions on how women add value to the corporate decision-making process. They also discussion also led to recruitment practices, training, and improving transparency of the director nomination process.

Jul 13, 2011

Guide to Getting Started in Local Procurement

This short guide is designed to help project site operators in companies in the extractive industries to create a policy and strategy for local procurement.

Jul 12, 2011

Прирачник за Корпоративно Управување во Македонските Акционерски Друштва

Корпоративното управување е збир на принципи на внатрешната организација на компаниите кој овозможува ефикасна омуникација меѓу сите чинители во една компанија, вклучително и акционерите, одборот, менаџерите, вработените и останатите заинтересирани страни. Целта на овој Прирачник да стане корисен референтен материјал во библиотеките на секоја компанија, со цел да се донесуваат информирани одлуки кои ќе носат долгорочно-позитивни резултати за компаниите.

Jul 11, 2011

Increasing Access to Credit Through Collecteral (Secured Transactions) Reform

Jul 11, 2011

Simplification of Business Start-up Process and Procedures: A Handbook for Provinces

Jul 11, 2011

Vietnam Energy Efficiency and Cleaner Production Financing

Description of IFC's works in Vietnam