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Jun 22, 2012

MoneyMoves: How Private Sector Finance Can Work for a Sustainable Future

IFC invited 15 extraordinary business leaders in environmental and social sustainability to identify challenges in the "green" growth path. They share  what they do to address them as well as what they think governments and regulators should do.

64 pages | © June 2012 IFC | Complimentary

Jun 20, 2012

Private Sector and Job Creation

Jun 19, 2012

FY13 Business Plan and Budget

IFC looks forward to FY13 with the understanding that potential financial crises could negatively impact the global economy, creating hardship for IFC’s clients and threatening the strength of IFC’s portfolio. While the current outlook is for a gradual recovery starting in FY13, this is subject to considerable risks, and IFC is poised to respond to a significant deterioration in the external environment by redeploying resources and implementing a comprehensive countercyclical response, without losing sight of its long term strategic focus areas and of the importance of ensuring its financial sustainability.

English | 77 pages | 2012 IFC

Jun 16, 2012

IFC LAC Sustainable Development (English)

Jun 16, 2012

IFC LAC Sustainable Development (Portuguese)

Jun 16, 2012

IFC LAC Sustainable Development (Spanish)

Jun 14, 2012

Анализ лучшей практики финансирования капитального ремонта и повышения энергоэффективности многоквартирных домов

Jun 14, 2012

Analysis of international best practice in organizing and financing capital repairs and energy efficiency modernizations of multi-family buildings in CEU

Jun 5, 2012

Sustainable Energy Finance Market Study for Financial Sector in Nepal

Jun 4, 2012

Facilitating Tourism Investment in the Maputo Elephant Reserve

This study tells the story of the realization of Mozambique’s first community private sector partnership for an eco-lodge investment in a protected area. The Program aimed to improve the investment climate in the tourism sector by facilitating strategic investments in select protected and coastal areas as well as through focused reforms of the regulatory environment.

 

This study presents the creation of Mozambique’s first community private sector partnership for an eco-lodge investment in a protected area.

36 Pages | | © 2012 World Bank Group

Jun 4, 2012

Facilitating Large Scale Tourism Resorts in Mozambique

This study describes how the World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Services Investment Generation Approach was used to foster the development of large resorts in Mozambique. The approach combines efforts to facilitate investment and improve institutional structures and regulations.

 

This study describes how the World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Services Investment Generation Approach was used to foster the development of large resorts in Mozambique. The approach combines efforts to facilitate investment and improve institutional structures and regulations.

40 Pages | | © 2012 World Bank Group

Jun 4, 2012

IFC & Microfinance Factsheet 2012

Microfinance is an important tool for improving livelihoods at the base of the pyramid by increasing access to finance to underserved households and microentrepreneurs, especially women.

Jun 4, 2012

IFC & SME Finance Factsheet 2012

Access to financial services for SMEs remains severely constrained in many emerging markets in the wake of the global financial crisis. Even as liquidity is restored to financial institutions, lending volumes are lower than before, and SMEs still have limited access to financing

Jun 1, 2012

Belarus Food Safety: Improving standards to enhance competitiveness

Belarus has a vibrant food industry currently characterized by excess production and processing capacity. At the same time, only a small number of the 800 food processing companies have internationally compliant food safety management systems in place. If brought in line with international food safety and quality standards, the Belarusian food industry could experience significant export market growth. IFC is working with Belarusian food producers to help them adopt better food safety procedures and standards and increase their competitiveness. REGION: Europe & Central Asia / STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Agribusiness / KEY TOPICS: Food

Jun 1, 2012

Why Banks in Emerging Markets are Increasingly Providing Non-Financial Services to Small and Medium Enterprises

This is the first study to explore the reasons why banks in emerging markets are increasingly providing non-financial services to their SME clients and consists of an overview followed by case studies of three banks.

64 pages | © May 2012 IFC | Complimentary

Jun 1, 2012

Bank of Deyang: Investing in women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in China

Following the 2008 devastating earthquake in western China, IFC initiated an Emergency Assistance Program to enhance Bank of Deyang's capacity to lend to SMEs and enable it to support women-owned SMEs in the earthquake-affected areas, through both its Investment and Advisory Services.

 

Region: East Asia & the Pacific / Strategic Priority: Financial Markets / Key Topics: Women

Jun 1, 2012

What IFC does in Chemicals: Working with Russia’s top chemical and fertilizer producers

IFC chemicals and fertilizers clients include a diverse range of local companies as well as multinationals and cover a wide range of needs. For instance, we have been working closely with Kuybyhev Azot (KuAz), one of Russia's top chemical and fertilizer producers, to offer integrated investment and advisory services.

 

Region: Europe & Central Asia / Strategic Priority: Manufacturing / Key Topic: Climate Change

Jun 1, 2012

IFC Provides Critical Business Skills to Small Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

Thanks to the online SME Toolkit program — provided by IFC in partnership with Sri Lankan telecommunications company Dialog — Leelawathi Jayawardana, an entrepreneur of a coastal town of Rathgama, learned about best management practices and how to grow and diversify her business. "IFC gave me the motivation, the tools, and the confidence to become a successful business woman," Jayawardana says. REGION: South Asia / KEY TOPICS: Women, SMEs

Jun 1, 2012

IFC Partners with BBC to Improve Competitiveness of Small Businesses in Afghanistan

IFC and BBC jointly aired a new radio program to inspire entrepreneurship, educate farmers and provide practical business advice in Afghanistan. This initiative has the largest rural listenership of any media program in the country — and sets a new standard for the use of mass media to educate communities constrained by illiteracy and trapped in conflict. REGION: Middle East & North Africa / STRATEGIC PrIORITY: Agribusiness / KEY TOPICS: Farmers, Fragile States

Jun 1, 2012

Telling Our Story: Climate Change - Private Sector Solutions

Climate change is one of the biggest issues in development today. While public policy is key, the private sector must also play a leading role. IFC can help business not just meet the challenge but build opportunity by widening and deepening access to technologies and helping support good governance, policy reform, and innovation.

42 pages | © June 2012 IFC | Complimentary

May 31, 2012

Guanxi, Mianzi, and Business: The Impact of Culture on Corporate Governance in China

Private Sector Opinion 26: Before taking advantage of the growing opportunities of the Chinese market, investors will do well to understand the strong influence of Chinese culture on the way businesses operate, how they govern themselves, and how they interact with each other.

May 31, 2012

Mobile Money Toolkit Factsheet

IFC Mobile Money Toolkit © Factsheet - Factsheet for IFC's Mobile Money Toolkit © that is a combination of both the best publicly available information and original content and newly created materials. It includes documents available from CGAP, USAID, the World Bank, GSMA, and other organizations that are doing research in the realm of mobile money. Each part contains a number of documents or tools, some specifically designed for this toolkit, others collected from the public domain.

May 24, 2012

From Gap to Opportunity: Business Models for Scaling Up Energy Access

This report breaks new ground by estimating that there is a $37 billion market opportunity for improved energy services at the base of the pyramid.

172 pages | © May 2012 IFC | Complimentary

May 24, 2012

Lighting Asia: Solar Off-Grid Lighting, Market Analysis of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Cambodia and Philippines

This report provides an overview of the off-grid lighting market in seven nations across southern Asia – India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines.

120 pages | © May 2012 IFC | Complimentary

May 21, 2012

有效董事会－董事手册

The Chinese edition of the Effective Board: Manual for Board Members - Chinese version