Publications
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Aug 2, 2021
Investing for Impact: The Global Impact Investing Market 2020
A comprehensive IFC assessment of the global impact investing market with estimates of market size, including publicly and privately managed impact assets.
Jun 5, 2020
Growing Impact: New Insights into the Practice of Impact Investing
Impact investing in private markets could be as large as $2.1 trillion in assets under management, but only a quarter of that, $505 billion, is clearly measured for its impact, both for development impact and financial returns, according to the report Growing Impact—New Insights into the Practice of Impact Investing.
Oct 9, 2018
Multilateral Development Banks' Harmonized Framework for Additionality in Private Sector Operations
The Additionality Framework, developed by a group of multilateral development banks, provides concrete guidance on the application of the “additionality” principle. It develops and articulates more detail on the principle of additionality, common definitions for financial and non-financial additionality, guidance on a common approach to the governance of additionality, and examples of types of evidence that help demonstrate the presence of additionality.
English | 19 pages | 2018 IFC
Mar 29, 2018
Survey of Well-being via Instant and Frequent Tracking (SWIFT)
The World Bank Group’s SWIFT is a rapid poverty assessment tool that can produce accurate household data in a timely, cost effective and user-friendly manner. The tool enables public or private sector clients and operational teams to measure the impact of specific interventions on the income levels of beneficiaries in real time.
English | 8 pages | 2018 IFC |
Mar 26, 2018
IFC’s Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
As part of the World Bank Group (WBG), IFC has two overarching goals—ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity—that are aligned with the SDGs. Through direct investments and advisory services, IFC provides private sector solutions that lay the foundation for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. This note provides an overview of IFC’s strategic alignment with the SDGs and articulates how its operations contribute to achieving the SDGs
English | 8 pages | IFC, 2018 |
Apr 17, 2017
Attracting Investment Facilitated by Corporate Governance In Mongolia
Mongolian corporations that put good corporate governance practices in place have attracted attention from investors, sometimes resulting in fruitful, long-term partnerships.
English | 2 pages | 2017 IFC
Mar 23, 2016
Case Study: Laureate
Laureate International Universities (Laureate) offers higher education degrees in Mexico, in an environment where there is a significant, unmet demand for college degrees and yet, private universities face a highly competitive market to expand their services. This study relies on data collected directly from the field, including a college graduate’s survey, an employer’s survey, and in-depth interviews to Laureate former students.
English | 2 Pages |
Jul 24, 2015
Promoting Financial Inclusion in India
Evidence from Au Financiers (India) Limited: An additional 600 million new jobs will be needed by 2020 due to global population growth.
English | 25 pages | 2015 IFC |
Apr 30, 2015
Case Study: Uniminuto
UNIMINUTO: Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary
English | 54 pages | 2015 IFC |
Sep 4, 2014
Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation: A Bank Case Study in a Latin American Country
IFC partners with local financial institutions to increase access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to expand the breadth and depth of services banks provide to these firms. IFC has supported one of the largest private banks in a Latin American country (referenced in this executive summary as ìthe Bankî) through long-term loans that support the Bankís lending to SMEs.
English | 3 pages | 2014 IFC
Mar 12, 2014
IFC and HBL Supporting Job Creation in Pakistan
The objective of this study is to develop an understanding of the relationship between access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and job creation.
English | 16 pages | 2014 IFC
Mar 12, 2014
IFC and Fransabank Supporting Job Creation in Lebanon
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, seeks to promote private sector led growth in order to support job creation and inclusive growth. In this context, an important priority of IFC in Lebanon is to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
English | 12 pages | 2014 IFC
Mar 11, 2014
Creating Jobs in Sri Lanka: Role of Private Sector Financial Institutions
The study found encouraging job creation effects. The firms surveyed had, by themselves, created 2,650 jobs, between 2009 and 2012, implying growth in jobs of 12 percent. This was higher than the rate of growth experienced by the rest of the country. Of these, almost half the new jobs created went to women.
English | 19 pages | 2014 IFC
