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Dec 8, 2011

Vanuatu Business Start-up Guide

Vanuatu Business Start-up Guide

Dec 2, 2011

Azerbaijan Project Completion Report

Between 2005 and 2011 the Project worked to improve corporate governance practices in Azerbaijan and increase their ability to attract financing and investment.

Nov 28, 2011

Assessing the Impact of IFC's China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program - Energy Efficiency Finance

Assessing the Impact of IFC's China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program - Energy Efficiency Finance

Nov 7, 2011

Financial Inclusion Data: Assessing the Landscape and Country-level Target Approaches

The G-20 recognizes data and measurement as an essential foundation for advancing financial inclusion at a global level. This report highlights the key findings and recommendations that emerged during the GPFI Data and Measurement Sub-Group’s first working year.

Nov 7, 2011

Scaling Up Access to Finance for Agricultural SMEs: Policy Review and Recommendations

The development of SME Finance in the agricultural sector was also identified as an important issue to bring forward food security and to reach the Millennium Development Goals. We conducted analytical work with the objective of identifying appropriate approaches to calculate or reduce the main risks and costs that inhibit access to financial services in the agricultural sector in developing countries.

Nov 7, 2011

Strengthening Access to Finance for Women-Owned SMEs in Developing Countries

In line with our corporate priorities on the need to devote special attention to the issue of women entrepreneurship, we produced a report focusing on the issues impeding access to finance as well as non-financial barriers for women entrepreneurs, highlighting key trends and challenges, and scrutinizing opportunities for increased access.

Nov 4, 2011

Fact Sheet: The Joint IFI Action Plan – Vienna Initiative

Launched at the height of the global financial crisis, the Joint IFI Action Plan and the European Banking Coordination ‘Vienna’ Initiative (EBCI) provided a significant financial contribution to rescue packages in the Emerging Europe region, and a critical coordination mechanism for national reform programs and venue for policy dialogue among key stakeholders in the region.

Nov 4, 2011

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Nov 3, 2011

Vietnam Corporate Governance Project - Newsletter No. 3

In this issue, we take a broader look at the influence and implications of corporate governance on issues that are increasingly occupying the agendas of both global and local organizations and industries, namely: environmental and social sustainability and good governance.

20 pages || © November 2011 IFC |

Nov 2, 2011

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Nov 1, 2011

Corporate Governance Scorecard for Vietnam 2011

The Corporate Governance Scorecard for Vietnam 2011 reviews corporate governance practices of the 100 largest companies listed on the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City stock exchanges.

Nov 1, 2011

Mobile Money Study 2011

IFC Mobile Money Study was developed to increase understanding of mobile money and help address key issues in scaling up further development of m-money ecosystems globally. It looks at the technology required and the business models used by mobile network operators, banks, and others in Brazil, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Nov 1, 2011

Climate Finance: Engaging the Private Sector

This report was prepared at the request of G20 Finance Ministers and It provides an overview of climate-related activities, clarifies the terminology, and discusses the sources of finance and public support.

28 pages | © 2011 IFC|

Nov 1, 2011

Public Private Equity Partnerships: Accelerating the Growth of Climate Related Private Equity Investment

This report assesses the potential for private equity in financing climate related investment, describes the barriers restricting the growth of the asset class, and outlines the role that public capital can play to leverage private sector investment.

52 pages | © November 2011 IFC | Complimentary

Nov 1, 2011

Climate Finance: Engaging the Private Sector

This report was prepared at the request of G20 Finance Ministers and provides an overview of climate-related activities, clarifies the terminology, and discusses the sources of finance and public support.

28 pages | © November 2011 IFC | Complimentary

Oct 31, 2011

L’éclairage solaire pour la base de la pyramide – panorama d’un marché émergent

Le rapport présente un aperçu du marché des lampes solaires portables en Afrique, et analyse les tendances sur ce marché.  Des millions de personnes en Afrique s’éclairent encore à l’aide de combustibles chers, souvent inefficaces et parfois dangereux telles que des lampes au kerosène. Le rapport indique que le marché potentiel pour les lampes solaires portables en Afrique est énorme et mûr pour les investisseurs. Le rapport estime à 40 – 50 % le taux de croissance des ventes (en volume) d’ici 2015 pour les lampes solaires portables. Actuellement, la pénétration de ces lampes sur le marché ne s’élève qu’à 0.5 % de la population sous électrifiée et non électrifiée du continent.

 

Le rapport présente un aperçu du marché des lampes solaires portables en Afrique, et analyse les tendances sur ce marché. Des millions de personnes en Afrique s’éclairent encore à l’aide de combustibles chers, souvent inefficaces et parfois dangereux telles que des lampes au kerosène.

80 Pages | | © 2011 IFC |

Oct 20, 2011

Understanding IFC's Environmental and Social Review Process (flyer)

2 pages | © October 2011 IFC | Complimentary

Oct 17, 2011

Sanitation and Safe Water for All

Sanitation and Safe Water is an advisory services program designed to support market-based approaches with the potential to expand access to safe water and sanitation products and services for underserved consumers.

 

Sanitation and Safe Water for All

© 2011 IFC |

Oct 11, 2011

2011 Microscope Index

The 2011 Global Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment is an annual study that offers an in-depth analysis of the enabling environment in microfinance for 55 countries around the Globe.

Oct 10, 2011

Culture and Corporate Governance Principles in India: Reconcilable Clashes?

Private Sector Opinion 23: This paper explores the dynamics of culture and corporate governance in India by calling attention to three areas where the clashes are strongest: related-party transactions, the promoter's or large shareholder's actions, and the board's nominations, deliberations, and effectiveness.

Oct 10, 2011

Resource Efficiency in the Ferrous Foundry Industry in Russia, Benchmarking Study

Oct 1, 2011

Gobierno Corporativo en Latinoamerica 2010-2011

En los últimos años, las buenas prácticas de gobierno corporativo han sido un tema de gran interés para varias compañías y organizaciones del mundo entero, y América Latina no ha sido la excepción.

Oct 1, 2011

Strengthening Access to Finance for Women-Owned SMEs in Developing Countries

Launched at the G20 Summit in November 2011, the report highlights key trends, challenges, and opportunities for advancing women's entrepreneurship and increasing their access to finance.

98 pages | © October 2011 IFC/Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) | Complimentary

Sep 28, 2011

Stories from the Field – WIZZIT Micro-lending Pilot (South Africa)

To help increase access to finance for individuals and small businesses in South Africa, IFC and Swiss Economic Cooperation and Development Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) are working with WIZZIT to develop a lending program that will allow borrowers to access funds through their mobile phone. This case study describes the pilot program, outline key lessons learned and portrays some of the beneficiaries.

 

Stories from the Field – WIZZIT Micro-lending Pilot (South Africa)

5 Pages | | © 2011 IFC |

Sep 27, 2011

Credit Reporting at the Base of the Pyramid

The report takes a fresh look at the state of credit reporting at the base of the pyramid, describing three main approaches: credit bureaus, credit registries and MFI-specific systems for exchanging client information. The data and analysis for this paper are drawn from IFC and CGAP market intelligence on credit reporting systems.