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  • Two years of measuring development impact by gender (English)

    Women often remain a largely untapped market for private sector companies and a valuable, underutilized resource for economic development. When women's formal sector employment is limited, this has consequences...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83862 Document Date: June 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amoretti,Ugo

  • Measuring student learning achievement in Madrasah (English)

    This policy brief arises from a national study which measured the learning outcomes of year nine Madrasah students in Maths, Science, English, and Bahasa Indonesia together with the influence of student...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 60961 Document Date: April 12, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali, Mohammad,Asmawi Zainul, Furqon,Emilia, Emi,Kos, Julie,Lietz, Petra,Nugroho, Dita

  • Measuring IFC's development impact by gender (English)

    Research shows that in many countries and sectors women are an untapped economic resource. Their underutilization has a negative impact on the growth that would help boost development and fight poverty...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83863 Document Date: May 7, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Niethammer,Carmen,Amoretti,Ugo

  • Estimating the added economic value of IFC-financed projects (English)

    One of the questions being asked of International Finance Corporation (IFC) is how it can maximize its development results. To answer this question, the first step is to estimate the economic value added...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83868 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mekharat,Nisachol

  • Promoting development by expanding job opportunities for women (English)

    Women often remain a largely untapped resource in developing countries, and the lack of formal employment opportunities for women represents a key challenge to economic growth and social prosperity in...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83860 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amoretti,Ugo

  • IFC's additionality and results (English)

    The International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) investments aim to have a strong development impact, creating opportunities for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. IFC's role as a financier...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83853 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mekharat,Nisachol

  • IFC projects : benefits to society exceed those to financiers (English)

    As a private sector development finance institution, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) stimulates economic growth and reduces poverty by investing in private companies in the developing world...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83859 Document Date: August 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The challenges of measuring impact (English)

    The International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) mission is to promote sustainable private sector development by supporting private investment in developing countries with the ultimate objective of reducing...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83855 Document Date: July 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lohde,Liane Asta

  • IFC and the millennium development goals (English)

    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted in 2000 by one hundred and eighty-nine developed and developing nations as a framework to guide their development work. Eight MDGs focus on various...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83865 Document Date: July 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Ghana - High Forest Biodiversity Conservation Project (English)

    The Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported High Forest Biodiversity Conservation Project intended to increase the ecological security of globally significant biological resources, especially within...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 46336 Document Date: August 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mastri,Lawrence C.

  • The next 4 billion : characterizing BoP markets (English)

    This study uses empirical measures to describe the behavior of low-income populations as consumers and producers. In aggregate, their purchasing power suggests significant market opportunities. By quantifying...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44962 Document Date: July 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hammond, Allen L.,Kramer, William J,Katz,Robert M.,Tran, Julia T.,Walker, Courtland

  • Zambia - Social Investment Fund Project (English)

    The Zambia Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) is part of a two phase program (over 10 years) intended to support two of the objectives outlined in the Government of Zambia's (GRZ) National Poverty Reduction...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44970 Document Date: July 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mastri,Lawrence C.

  • Eritrea - Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project (English)

    The Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project aimed to strengthen the management of public records in order to contribute to the development of a historiography of Eritrea while improving the efficiency of...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44969 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mastri,Lawrence C.