Documents & Reports
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Market Study on Scaling Up Off-Grid Solar in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, and Togo (English)
The present report is based on data collected through an in-depth literature review on the six targeted countries as well as individual interviews with a total of 147 key off-grids solar (OGS) stakeholders...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197545 Document Date: February 27, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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2024 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors : Summary Proceedings (English)
The 2024 Annual Meetings of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA) Boards of Governors...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 196019 Document Date: December 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Reassessing Risk in Emerging Market Lending : Insights from GEMs Consortium Statistics (English)
Emerging markets have long been viewed as high-risk destinations for investment, particularly investments in companies. Although macroeconomic and political stability risks are higher, this perception...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197048 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Federico Galizia,Susan Marie Lund
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GRI Index 2024 (English)
The 2024 World Bank Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index is an inventory of the sustainability considerations used in World Bank (Bank) lending and analytical services as well as its corporate practices...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 194233 Document Date: October 22, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Financial Deepening and Carbon Emissions Intensity : Evidence from a Global Sample of Countries (English)
Financial deepening contributes to economic development, but its effect on the carbon intensity of production is an open empirical question. If banks finance investments in new, greener technologies, they...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10948 Document Date: October 7, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fisera,Boris,Martin Melecky,Dorothe Singer
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Samoa - Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project (English)
The objective of the Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project for Samoa is to enhance Samoa’s financial supervisory and national payment and identification systems for resilience. The project...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PADHI00383 Document Date: September 26, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors Resolution ; No. 708 : Transfer from IBRD’s Surplus to Replenish the Trust Fund for Gaza and the West Bank (English)
On September 18, 2024, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and eight. It was resolved that the IBRD transfers immediately...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 193676 Document Date: September 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors Resolution ; No. 705 : Transfer from Surplus to Replenish the Trust Fund for Gaza and the West Bank (English)
On September 9, 2024, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and five. It was resolved that: the Bank transfers immediately...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 193544 Document Date: September 9, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Water Supply and Sanitation Policies, Institutions, and Regulation (PIR) Assessment for the South Caucasus Region (English)
This report presents an overview of policies, institutions, and regulations (PIR) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector for three countries in the Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 193697 Document Date: September 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Smita Misra
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The Pacific Microfinance Initiative : In Partnership with the Australian Government (English)
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Pacific Microfinance Initiative in partnership with the Australian Government to improve access to basic financial services, particularly for women...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193181 Document Date: August 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Microfinance: Creating Opportunities in Emerging Markets (English)
Microfinance is an important tool for improving livelihoods at the base of the pyramid by increasing access to finance to underserved households and microentrepreneurs, especially women. Yet the sector...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193105 Document Date: August 16, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC and Small and Medium Enterprises (English)
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account forabout 90 percent of businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. They are key engines of job creation and economic growth in developing countries...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193116 Document Date: August 16, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : The Poorest Countries (IDA) (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193057 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : South Asia (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193060 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : Middle East and North Africa (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193059 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : Latin America and the Caribbean (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193058 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : Sub-Saharan Africa (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193061 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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Microfinance in Africa: Banking for the Smallest Businesses (English)
Over three billion people in developing countries are still without effective access to loan and deposit services. The problem is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where only between five and twenty-five...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193063 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : East Asia and the Pacific (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193056 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014 : Europe and Central Asia (English)
Lack of access to financial services is one of the key barriers to the growth of MSMEs, which account for about 90 percent of the businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide. IFC, through...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193055 Document Date: August 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sorokina,Aksinya,Alla Khodakivska