This paper strives to explain the disconnect between lessons from research literature and the relative rigidity of state-building approaches by practitioners attempting post-war reconstruction in fragile...
In 1992, the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution created 250,000 village democracies (called Gram Panchayats) covering 800 million citizens. It mandated regular elections, deliberative spaces, and...
The Atiala-Atsinanana emission reduction program (AA-ERP) is a jurisdictional reducing emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) program pioneering jurisdictional results-based payments for ERs...
Following its IPO, Blue Bird approached International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the company’s efforts to strengthen its corporate governance (CG) framework and policies to go beyond compliance...
The Atiala-Atsinanana Emission Reduction Program (AA-ERP)2 is a jurisdictional REDD program pioneering jurisdictional results-based payments for Emission Reductions (ERs) in Madagascar. The AA-ERP was...
Blended concessional finance, the combination of concessional funds with other types of finance on commercial terms, has great potential to mobilize capital and accelerate high-impact private sector investments...
A growing number of studies show board gender diversity can positively affect a company’s financial and organizational performance. Supported by this evidence, initiatives to improve gender diversity in...
The government and the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH) aim to improve financial inclusion to foster more inclusive economic growth. With the support of the World Bank, the government developed a national financial...
This note summarizes findings from a new paper, which lays out a methodology to determine the types of mechanisms, be they the legal system, civil organizations, or shared business interest, that firms...