Based on the assumption that local entrepreneurs are central to any effort to significantly contribute to Cambodia's sustainable economic development, this survey report has three primary objectives: (i)...
This report argues that the key to significant new employment creation and to renewed economic growth is rapid development of export-oriented private sector companies. The analogy employed here compares...
This report argues that the key to significant new employment creation and to renewed economic growth is rapid development of export-oriented private sector companies. The analogy employed here compares...
This survey documents that Vietnam does indeed have a group of successful private entrepreneurs. It also confirms that the poor business environment in which their firms operate has not only constrained...
This survey documents that Vietnam does indeed have a group of successful private entrepreneurs. It also confirms that the poor business environment in which their firms operate has not only constrained...
The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has operated in the rural areas of Thailand for just over thirty years. Originally conceived as a vehicle to deliver low-cost credit to Thai...
This report presents the survey team's findings and incorporates relevant contributions made by participants in the seminar. It is organized in four parts. Part I provides information on the legal framework...
This report presents the survey team's findings and incorporates relevant contributions made by participants in the seminar. It is organized in four parts. Part I provides information on the legal framework...
This book examines the dynamics and constraints faced by informal sectors in 12 West African countries -Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome...
Toward creating a pverty-free world, by Muhammad Yunus. The view of the chair, by Ismail Serageldin. The conceptual underpinnings of CGAP - A micro-finance program, by Mohini Malhotra. Opening statement...
This Note reports the findings from a survey of newly privatized, medium-size and large Russian firms. The survey showed that many firms are making changes and are on the right track; the managers are...
Almost all direct World Bank's support for microenterprises is delivered through loans aimed at reducing poverty. A review of the microenterprise programs shows that although they involve only very small...
The central objective of the research that is summarized in this report was to document the characteristics and problems of private sector manufacturers in Poland eighteen months into the reform program...
The central objective of this research was to document the characteristics and problems of private sector manufacturers in Poland so that they can be supported as effectively as possible. In doing so...
The central objective of this research was to document the characteristics and problems of private sector manufacturers in Hungary so they can be supported as effectively as possible. The project has three...
This study reviews the World Bank's experience with 70 small and medium scale enterprise (SME) projects in 36 countries. It covers all loans approved from FY73-89 with small, medium, cottage, or artisan...
This study reviews the World Bank's experience with 70 small and medium scale enterprise (SME) projects in 36 countries. It covers all loans approved from FY73-89 with small, medium, cottage, or artisan...