Documents & Reports
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What Gets Measured Gets Done : Using a Corporate Scorecard to Drive Greater Investment Impact (English)
In 2018, International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) shareholders authorized a capital increase of 5.5 billion dollars, the largest increase in its history. The capital increase was based on a strategy...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167197 Document Date: December 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera
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Private Credit in Emerging Markets (English)
Summary of Note 98 : Private Credit in Emerging Markets. Private credit broadly refers to nonbank lending to firms. Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009, private credit has grown considerably...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 156057 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera,Miryugin,Fedor
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The importance of local capital markets for financing development (English)
Rudimentary markets for capital - for raising money and investing - exist in even the remotest places around the world. However, prudent macroeconomic management, regulation, investor protection, and innovation...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 112692 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera,Blitzer,Charles R.,Carvajal,Ana Fiorella
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How banks can seize opportunities in climate and green investment (English)
Climate change presents risks and opportunities for the financial sector in both emerging and advanced economies. Financial institutions cannot afford to be outside of the transition path to low-carbon...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 112688 Document Date: December 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Li,Wenxin,Nguyen,Quyen Thuc,Narayanaswamy,Meera
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Infrastructure finance : Colombia and FDN - lessons on infrastructure lending from Colombia (English)
The World Bank Group is shifting from lending to mobilizing third-party money by leveraging its financial and advisory resources, with the goal of moving from billions to trillions of dollars in development...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 106020 Document Date: April 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera,Pace,Jordan Townswick