The present report is based on data collected through an in-depth literature review on the six targeted countries as well as individual interviews with a total of 147 key off-grids solar (OGS) stakeholders...
The 2024 Annual Meetings of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA) Boards of Governors...
Emerging markets have long been viewed as high-risk destinations for investment, particularly investments in companies. Although macroeconomic and political stability risks are higher, this perception...
The 2024 World Bank Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index is an inventory of the sustainability considerations used in World Bank (Bank) lending and analytical services as well as its corporate practices...
Financial deepening contributes to economic development, but its effect on the carbon intensity of production is an open empirical question. If banks finance investments in new, greener technologies, they...
The objective of the Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project for Samoa is to enhance Samoa’s financial supervisory and national payment and identification systems for resilience. The project...
On September 18, 2024, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and eight. It was resolved that the IBRD transfers immediately...
On September 9, 2024, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and five. It was resolved that: the Bank transfers immediately...
This report presents an overview of policies, institutions, and regulations (PIR) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector for three countries in the Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Pacific Microfinance Initiative in partnership with the Australian Government to improve access to basic financial services, particularly for women...
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. Yet the sector...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account forabout 90 percent of businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. They are key engines of job creation and economic growth in developing countries...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Over three billion people in developing countries are still without effective access to loan and deposit services. The problem is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where only between five and twenty-five...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...