Documents et rapports

Mitigating the Impact of Household Expropriation on Female Entrepreneurship : Experimental Evidence from Ghana (anglais)

How do intrahousehold dynamics affect the investment of female entrepreneurs? This paper presents findings from a randomized controlled trial in Ghana that assesses the impacts of four alternative support...

Gender-Smart Market Mapping for Nano and Micro Enterprises: A Practical Guide (anglais)

A clear understanding of the NME landscape—through market segmentation and sizing—is essential for designing targeted products, policies, and programs that effectively support these enterprises. This Technical...

Innovative Financing for Inclusive Credit Fintechs in Africa (anglais)

This Focus Note explores the innovative financing strategies for reaching inclusive credit fintechs in Africa, particularly those targeting underserved micro and small enterprises (MSEs). These fintechs...

Empowering Small Giants : Inclusive Embedded Finance for Micro-retailers (anglais)

Know by many different names around the world, including duka, kirana, warung and sari-sari, neighborhood convenience stores or micro retail shops are central to the economic fabric in emerging markets...

Results from Myanmar Firm Monitoring : Round 17 (anglais)

The Myanmar firm monitoring survey (Round 17) was conducted from April 5, 2024, to May 5, 2024, encompassing a nationally representative sample of 500 firms. The survey spanned various areas of Myanmar...

Afghanistan - Empowering Microfinance and Enterprises for Resilience and Growth Project (anglais)

The development objective of Empowering Microfinance and Enterprises for Resilience and Growth Project for Afghanistan is to support the demand for and supply of finance for micro and small enterprises...

Lesotho Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion Project - Integrating a Gender Equality Lens (anglais)

The Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion (CAFI) project aims to increase access to business support services and financial products for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and entrepreneurs...

Urban Informality in Sub-Saharan Africa : Profiling Workers and Firms in an Urban Context (anglais)

This paper describes the state of informal sector work in urban Sub-Saharan Africa, using household surveys from 26 countries representing 61 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa and firm surveys...

Cabo Verde - Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Project (anglais)

Bangladesh - Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation Project : Making Micro-Enterprise Sector Clean and Climate-Resilient (anglais)

Bangladesh is known for its pioneering approaches that support Micro Enterprises (MEs) to alleviate poverty. Microenterprises contribute up to 25 percent of GDP and provide 56 percent of jobs in the country...

Türkiye - Rapid Support for Micro and Small Enterprises During the COVID-19 Crisis Project (anglais)

The Missing Element of Firm Digitalization - Lessons for the EU Member States : Best practices for enhancing MSMEs Digitalization and Managerial Capacity Building (anglais)

As increasing the pace of productivity growth continues to be a strong challenge in Europe despite the continuous global technology developments, promoting the adoption and usage of digital technology...

Training Microentrepreneurs over Zoom : Experimental Evidence from Mexico (anglais)

Standard in-person business training programs are costly and difficult to scale to the millions of microenterprises in the developing world. The authors conducted an experiment to test the feasibility...

IFC and Sweden - Partners in Private Sector Development (anglais)

In FY19-23, Sweden provided cumulative funding of over 55 million through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to support IFC Advisory Services. The MENA MSME 2.0 program is...

Ecuador - Promoting Access to Finance for Productive Purposes for MSMEs : Additional Financing and Restructuring (anglais)

The development objective of the Promoting Access to Finance for Productive Purposes for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) for Ecuador is to promote access to finance for productive purposes...

تقييم أثر القانون 182 لسنة 2018 على المشروعات الصغيرة ومتناهية الصغر (arabe)

تقييم أثر القانون 182 لسنة 2018 على المشروعات الصغيرة ومتناهية الصغر

Business Intelligence - A Bedrock of Successful Digitization in Microfinance : Technical Note (anglais)

In 2021, a series of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) publications featured success stories from microfinance institutions (MFIs) implementing digital products and channels, along with the...

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and MSMEs in Kenya: Strengthening Businesses in the Aftermath of the Pandemic (anglais)

Entrepreneurship and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a critical role in creating more and better jobs. MSMEs across the world account for a large share of jobs. Many jobs created by MSMES...

Recommendation Report Analyzing the Size and Effects of Tax Optimization and Bunching with a Microsimulation Tool : Output 4 (anglais)

This recommendation report analyzing the size and effects of tax optimization and bunching with a microsimulation tool covers the deliverable 4 of the technical assistance under the project “Lithuania:...

India - Rooftop Solar Guarantee Facility for MSMEs : Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises - Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (anglais)