This study estimates the impact on jobs from power transmission lines constructed by Power links Transmission Limited (PTL), a joint venture company supported by IFC, which helped bring power from a Bhutanese...
Using data from IFC's Development Outcome Tracking System, the study shows a strong job growth for companies financed through IFC-supported private equity funds. The nearly 500 companies covered in this...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) surveyed 34 banks in 25 countries in all six regions, which account for about 10 percent of financial markets department Million Micro, Small, and Medium-Size Enterprises...
Indirect job creation among International Finance Corporation (IFC) clients study includes: strategic importance and objective, methodology, key findings, case details, and lessons learnt and applications...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has supported Sri Lanka's largest private bank, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC), since 2003. IFC has provided equity, advisory services, and support for loans...
Though there is strong consensus that creating jobs is one of the key contributions of the private sector to poverty reduction, there is limited knowledge about which interventions, and in what country...
An analysis using data from IFC's Development Outcome Tracking System (DOTS) shows that good financial performance was positively correlated with employment growth for IFC client companies between 2008...
An analysis of data from 106 countries and over 20,000 firms shows that increasing labor productivity had a significant positive effect on employment growth. This note addresses this issue using World...
These notes used enterprise survey data from 46,556 manufacturing and services enterprises in 106 countries from the following regions: Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR), East Asia and Pacific (EAP), Europe and...
Econometric analysis using data from World Bank Enterprise Surveys finds significantly higher employment growth (2-4.5 percent) in firms that offer training or use technology and innovation. Firms less...
As part of International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) jobs study (assessing private sector contribution to job creation), the development impact (CDI) and the manufacturing, agribusiness, and services...
IFC has financed Safal's production expansion in Kenya and Tanzania and a Greenfield project in South Africa, and supported the creation of nine roof-forming and distribution centers in Africa. Interviews...
This is analytical note 6 supporting the International Finance Corporation's jobs report in 2012. Enterprise surveys data for more than 45,000 firms in 106 countries show that firms in the services sector...
As part of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Job Study, the consulting firm of Steward Redqueen has conducted four country studies to estimate the number of jobs and value-added supported by...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has supported eco green since 2004, helping it become the world's fourth-largest producer and exporter of natural fatty alcohols and the largest from an emerging...
Mriya, an agricultural group in Ukraine, was granted two loans by IFC in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, totaling $60 million, to help expand its capacity and finance working capital needs. This incremental...
This is analytical note 7 supporting the International Finance Corporation's jobs report in 2012. An analysis of over 45,000 enterprises in over 100 countries found that larger firms tend to be more productive...
This is analytical note 3 supporting the International Finance Corporation's jobs report in 2012. World Bank Group enterprise surveys show the composition of employment across firm sizes in developing...
This is analytical note 4 supporting the International Finance Corporation's jobs report in 2012. Among economies covered by World Bank Group enterprise surveys, firms in capital or large cities experienced...
This is analytical note 5 supporting the International Finance Corporation's jobs report in 2012. Enterprise surveys data for more than 45,000 firms in 106 economies show that on average firms in the services...