Après avoir analysé les développements récents de l’économie ivoirienne ainsi que ses perspectives pour le court et moyen termes, ce sixième rapport sur la situation économique en Côte d’ivoire s’intéresse aux moyens qui lui permettraient de rattraper son retard technologique.
... See More + Si le pays a retrouvé une trajectoire de forte croissance après plus d’une décennie d’instabilité politique, son objectif de devenir un pays émergent ne pourra être atteint sans des entreprises plus performantes, puisqu’elles sont le principal employeur du pays et génèrent l’essentiel de ses revenus.
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The objective of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Venture Capital Project is to strengthen risk capital financing for innovative SMEs and startups in Croatia.
... See More + The project is structured in three components: the first supporting the development of venture capital fund, the second financing seed co-investments, and the third providing for technical assistance. Activities under the first component have not been implemented. Limited progress has been registered under the remaining two components. Under component two, the first call for proposals for Seed Co-Investment Fund required an extension to attract interest at all, and still only a low number of applications was received. Under component three, capacity building activities have not been implemented as expected, resulting in missed learning opportunities for Government, investors and potential investees. Hence, progress towards achievement of the Project Development Objective (PDO) and implementation progress have been rated as ‘unsatisfactory’ as per the December 2017 ISR. The project will be closed with a rating in the ‘unsatisfactory’ range because the PDO has not been achieved and related activities have not been carried out. The exact rating will be determined with the note on cancelled operation (NCO) report.
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The development objective of the Mobile Innovation Project under EPIC Project for Caribbean aims (1) to strengthen the Caribbean mobile innovation ecosystem and (2) to enable sustainable and competitive mobile enterprises to grow.The project model is based on supporting and coordinating activities in locally based startup ecosystem hubs and the project consists of training courses, mobile app competitions, and support to promising entrepreneurs to launch their products,strengthen their market share and investment readiness.The Caribbean Mobile Innovation Project was initially designed as a 40-month project under the Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC).
... See More + The implementing agency, UWI Consortium, has been provided a grant by The World Bank Group on behalf of the Government of Canada in the amount of USD 1,500,000. The project implementation period commenced July 17, 2014 with a scheduled closing date of November 30, 2017.T he proposed change to the project is an extension of the grant closing date from November 30, 2017 to November 30, 2018. The requested extension is to ensure that UWI Consortium has adequate time to implement all the components of the project and meet the project objectives.
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The development objective of the Scaling Solar Energy Project for Zambia is to increase solar electricity generation capacity and diversify electricity generation sources in Zambia.
... See More + The proposed additional guarantee will support the addition of 34 Megawatt peak (MWp), equivalent to 28.2 Megawatt (MW AC). The Additional Financing (AF) will provide an IDA guarantee in the amount of up to US 2.8 million dollars (an IDA country allocation to Zambia of up to US 0.7 million dollars) and IFC financing consisting of an A Loan in the amount of up to US 12 million dollars, a senior loan in the amount of up to US 12 million dollars from IFC acting as implementing entity of the IFC-Canada Climate Change Program (IFC-CCCP), and U.S. Dollar interest rate swaps representing a loan equivalent exposure of up to US 2.5 million dollars. The AF will also involve a restructuring, including (a) renaming of the original project from West Lunga Scaling Solar Energy Project to Zambia Scaling Solar Energy Project aiming to accommodate additional financing project activities, (b) extending the closing date from October 15, 2018 to December 31, 2019, and (c) updating the results framework to reflect the scale up.
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This report reviews different international good practices in introducing and implementing fiscal incentives for supporting science, technology, and innovation (STI) and provides policy recommendations relevant to the implementation of such incentives in Ukraine.
... See More + It focuses on tax incentives as an indirect financial support mechanism for the private sector's research and development (R&D) and innovation activity. It identifies the costs and benefits of a variety of fiscal incentives (six different regimes) to support STI that have been widely used worldwide. It is important to note that the good practice examples outlined in this report have all been implemented as part of a broader agenda for strengthening the science and technology base of the countries in which they were put in place. Each of the policies, in isolation, would not have been sufficient to achieve the objectives of the government. The report describes the Ukrainian context, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of Ukraine’s science and technology base, followed by a discussion of the recent developments in its corporate tax system as they relate to the private sector’s R&D and innovation efforts. It also lays out a framework that maps government objectives to the economic justification for intervention in areas related to STI and suggests suitable fiscal incentives that may address some of the market failures discussed in it. The report concludes that Ukraine should invests in capacity building to implement fiscal incentives in the future, which involves developing a suitable skill set within the Ministry of Finance to work on (a) cost-benefit analysis of possible future implementation, (b) reliable data collection on private R&D and innovation efforts, and (c) specialization on evaluating projects related to science, technology, and innovation.
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The study in Togo reveals that psychology-based entrepreneur training (personal initiative training) increases firm profits by 30 percent, compared to a statistically insignificant increase for traditional business training.
... See More + Personal initiative training was particularly effective for female-owned businesses, who saw their profits increase by 40 percent, compared to no impact from traditional business training. Getting more women into traditionally male-dominated sectors of the economy could boost the incomes of women entrepreneurs and their households. Our study in Ethiopia revealed that firms owned by women who cross over into male-dominated sectors are two times more profitable than firms owned by women who remain in traditionally female sectors, and they are just as profitable as businesses owned by men. Women are more likely to cross-over when parents and husbands support them and when they have access to information on the higher earnings potential in male-dominated sectors.
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Technology is one of the main drivers of productivity and economic growth. Developing countries have traditionally had difficulties in both developing technology and absorbing foreign technology.
... See More + However, the recent emergence of tech startups present an opportunity. Tech start-ups are an effective a mechanism to both create local technology and absorb foreign technology. The objective of this report is to provide a better understanding of the status of Beirut’s start-up ecosystem and provide policy recommendations for policy makers and other stakeholders who are interested in supporting the growth and sustainability of the ecosystem. The report is based on an in-depth survey of startups and supportive stakeholders of the ecosystem. The findings point out to an early-to middle stage start-up ecosystem that has passed its nascent growth phase but is still far from maturity. Skills, supportive infrastructure, finance pipeline, and community and networks are examined and gaps are identified. Policy recommendations to tackle these gaps are presented based on international practices.
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Technology is one of the main drivers of productivity and economic growth. Developing countries have traditionally had difficulties in both developing technology and absorbing foreign technology.
... See More + Seventy to eighty percent of the productivity gap between developed and developing countries is estimated to result from the lag in the adoption of technologies in these countries. Tech start-ups are an effective a mechanism to both create local technology and absorb foreign technology. In recent years, there has been a surge in tech start-ups across the world. Fueled by global technology-led cost reductions and increased access to resources, tech entrepreneurs have emerged in both develop and developing countries. However, there is little understanding of how these tech entrepreneurs form ecosystems, their internal dynamics, how they work, what makes them grow and achieve sustainability, how they connect with the local economy to drive productivity and employment, and why some ecosystems are more effective than others The objective of this report is to provide a better understanding of the status of Dar Es Salaam’s start-up ecosystem and provide policy recommendations for policy makers and other stakeholders who are interested in supporting the growth and sustainability of the ecosystem.
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Women entrepreneurs play a critical role in economic development by boosting growth and creating jobs, particularly in the bottom 40 percent. However, women face numerous challenges to financing, owning, and growing businesses, including access to capital and technology, lack of networks and knowledge resources, as well as legal, regulatory, and policy obstacles to business ownership and development.
... See More + The Facility will support programs and activities that eliminate barriers that women face in starting and growing successful SMEs in a variety of sectors, and strengthen the enabling environment for such firms. Given the need for aligned public and private sector interventions to address constraints, the Facility would support complementary approaches through two windows (public and private sector). The Facility would not only provide dedicated resources to foster innovation and new approaches to removing these constraints for women entrepreneurs, it will also help elevate the issue to spur action by governments and private sector. The rest of this paper is organized as follows. Section two provides the background and sector context for the WBG to engage in the Facility. Section three presents the objectives and key features of the Facility. Section four outlines risks identified along with mitigation measures. Section five provides conclusions and recommendations.
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This document proposes a design for an enterprise support scheme in Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie regions of Poland. The objective of the Enterprise Competitiveness Scheme (ECS) is to support further competitiveness of Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in targeted regions to increase their contribution to regional economic growth, particularly through jobs.
... See More + The scheme will boost SMEs abilities to compete with firms outside their region, through increased exports and or outcompeting imports. The ECS will establish an enterprise support system that is focused on demand for services from SMEs, rather than on the supply of particular support initiatives from BSIs. In brief, the ECS is comprised of three windows for enterprise support services: Operational; Strategic; and Group. In all three windows, beneficiary Small and Medium- Size enterprises (SMEs) will receive public financial support for co-financing of business advisory services to improve competitiveness and contribute to regional economic growth.
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Working Paper 115354 JAN 01, 2017
Kilroy,Austin Francis Louis; Tekieli-Bisińska,Dorota; Szczucki,Jan; Gajewski,Maciej; Stronkowski,Piotr KarolDisclosed
This document proposes a design for an enterprise support scheme in Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie regions of Poland. The objective of the Enterprise Competitiveness Scheme (ECS) is to support further competitiveness of Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in targeted regions to increase their contribution to regional economic growth, particularly through jobs.
... See More + The scheme will boost SMEs abilities to compete with firms outside their region, through increased exports and or outcompeting imports. The ECS will establish an enterprise support system that is focused on demand for services from SMEs, rather than on the supply of particular support initiatives from BSIs. In brief, the ECS is comprised of three windows for enterprise support services: Operational; Strategic; and Group. In all three windows, beneficiary Small and Medium- Size enterprises (SMEs) will receive public financial support for co-financing of business advisory services to improve competitiveness and contribute to regional economic growth.
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Working Paper 115354 JAN 01, 2017
Kilroy,Austin Francis Louis; Tekieli-Bisińska,Dorota; Szczucki,Jan; Gajewski,Maciej; Stronkowski,Piotr KarolDisclosed
