Featured Publications

Dec 19, 2016

Indian Corporate Governance Scorecard

This publication provides a standardized and objective evaluation framework that can be used by companies, regulators and other stakeholders to assess Indian companies’ corporate governance practices.

Nov 22, 2016

IFC Family Business Governance Handbook in Burmese

This is a Burmese translation of the IFC Family Business Governance Handbook, which is a concise and practical description of essential family business governance components and suggested approaches to resolving common family business governance dilemmas.

Nov 21, 2016

CG Focus Indonesia: ‘Comply or Explain’ Disclosure Statement, Issue 1

CG Focus is a regular installment produced by the IFC Corporate Governance Group in Indonesia to provide IFC clients with insights into the evolving corporate governance landscape in Indonesia and advocate the adoption of leading governance practices.

Nov 16, 2016

Lineamientos de Gobierno Corporativo en Revelación y Transparencia (Corporate Governance Guidelines on Disclosure and Transparency)

La publicación pretende dotar a las empresas con una herramienta para ayudar a desarrollar sus actividades de revelación y transparencia. La herramienta ayudará a las empresas a determinar el nivel de información y de revelación, así como la importancia de comunicar de manera oportuna y sustancial para aumentar su valor de mercado.

Nov 7, 2016

Risk Culture, Risk Governance, and Balanced Incentives

The Global Risk Management Advisory Program of IFC’s Financial Institutions Group developed this handbook on how risk culture, governance, and incentive mechanisms within financial institutions impact risk management effectiveness and capability. The study aims to bring new insights to this subject for financial institutions in emerging markets, namely defining specific factors that are indicators of culture, governance, and incentives in an effective risk management framework; establishing a “maturity matrix” to benchmark these factors; and identify gaps.

Sep 21, 2016

El Secretario Corporativo Polímata

Private Sector Opinion 34: Este artículo contempla algunos de los aspectos del papel del secretario corporativo moderno y las competencias que se requieren para tener éxito.

Aug 8, 2016

Споры в Совете Директоров - Как управлять хорошим, пережить плохое и предотвратить ужасное

В этой работе описываются ключевые шаги, которые может предпринять совет директоров для снижения влияния споров и минимизации риска возникновения споров.

Jul 21, 2016

Focus 14: Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership after the Panama Papers

This paper advocates an approach based on the current communication strategy of firms that engage in open communication. They present information on control structures, their effect on governance and recognize the commercial and other strategic benefits of open communication. The paper also explores the implications of such an approach for both business and regulators.

Jul 19, 2016

Frequently Asked Questions on Corporate Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

This guidebook addresses common questions on corporate governance that are frequently asked by owners and managers of companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Jul 15, 2016

Fact Sheet: Corporate Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa, July 2016

Overview of the Corporate Governance Program in Sub-Saharan Africa, with examples of Ghana and East Africa Corporate Governance projects.

Jun 16, 2016

Synthesis Report: 5th International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets

This report presents the outcome of the 5th International Conference organized by the Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Network.

Jun 15, 2016

The Corporate Secretary: The Governance Professional

Based on IFC’s publication, Corporate Secretaries Toolkit, this publication provides a portfolio of modules that cover topics of interest and value to those carrying out the role of corporate secretary and to the companies and organizations they serve.

May 5, 2016

Como Apalancar las Evaluaciones de los Directorios Para el Desempeño Sostenido

Private Sector Opinion 33: Este documento establece algunas lecciones principales aprendidas acerca de la evaluación de los directorios, principalmente en los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido , y explora la forma en que ese aprendizaje puede aplicarse a oportunidades de evaluación de directorios alrededor del mundo.

May 3, 2016

Europe and Central Asia Corporate Governance Training Services

The Europe and Central Asia corporate governance training services offers companies a range of capacity building workshops in board and related functions to the control environment to specialized programs.

Apr 14, 2016

From Companies to Markets - Global Developments in Corporate Governance

This publication represents a unique collaborative effort to assess the state of corporate governance around the world in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Apr 12, 2016

Fact Sheet: Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission Develops a Corporate Governance Scorecard, April 2016

Corporate governance scorecards are a quantitative tool to analyze and compare the governance status of individual companies. Developing a CG scorecard will create a deeper understanding of corporate governance in Nigeria.

Feb 9, 2016

Corporate Governance Key Highlights of FY2015

Key highlights of fiscal year 2015

Jan 13, 2016

Vietnam Guidebook for Banks: Related Party Transactions

This publication aims to help Vietnamese commercial banks improve related party transactions oversight and management as well as increase transparency of related party transactions.

Dec 2, 2015

Juntas Directivas en el Desarrollo del Gobierno Corporativo

Este libro de investigación reconoce la importancia de las buenas prácticas para la sociedad en general, y presenta un análisis detallado de uno de los principales mecanismos de gobierno corporativo, las juntas directivas.

Nov 17, 2015

Fact Sheet: Corporate Governance in South Asia, November 2015

Overview of the Corporate Governance Program in South Asia, with an example of India Corporate Governance projects.

Nov 13, 2015

Revelación de información y valor de las empresas en América Latina

Esta publicación tiene el objetivo de profundizar el análisis sobre el desempeño de las empresas listadas en las principales bolsas de valores de América Latina en cuanto a las prácticas de revelación empresarial.

Nov 2, 2015

East Asia and the Pacific Corporate Governance Program - Annual Summary 2015

This publication spotlights the ongoing efforts to create a more open, accountable, and transparent business sector throughout East Asia and the Pacific. IFC has been active in promoting corporate governance in the region for the past several years.

Oct 28, 2015

Newsletter: Corporate Governance Updates - April-September 2015

Quarterly newsletter that highlights IFC’s corporate governance work around the world, including news and events, latest indicators, media coverage and reports and publications.

Oct 15, 2015

Fact Sheet: Corporate Governance in Europe and Central Asia, October 2015

Overview of the Corporate Governance Program in Europe and Central Asia, with examples of IFC clients in the region.

Oct 1, 2015

Gender Diversity in Jordan

This is a research on the impact of gender diversity on the economic performance of companies in Jordan.