Documents & Reports
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Lao PDR - Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises in Lao PDR : Technical Note (English)
This technical note examines the state of access to and use of financial services for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Lao PDR. Based on extensive interviews with key private and public...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 193578 Document Date: September 17, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Siegfried Zottel,Michael Corlett,Claudia Ruiz Ortega,Javary, Cedric,Vidaovanh Phounvixay
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Can Public Credit Schemes Improve Access to Finance for Small Businesses ? Evidence from Indonesia (English)
Examining one of the world’s largest public business support programs, this paper studies how subsidized credit and partial credit guarantees shape access to finance for micro and small businesses in Indonesia...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10894 Document Date: September 4, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Salman Alibhai,Hillary C. Johnson,Cecile Thioro Niang,Francesco Strobbe
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IFC-is sagadasaxado proeqti saqarTveloSi (Georgian)
The goal of IFC's Georgia Tax Simplification Project is to lower tax compliance costs for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and expand their tax base through reforming the tax system for MSMEs...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193212 Document Date: August 22, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Georgia Tax Simplification Project (English)
The goal of IFC's Georgia Tax Simplification Project is to lower tax compliance costs for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and expand their tax base through reforming the tax system for MSMEs...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193212 Document Date: August 22, 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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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
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لبنان - صندوق إعادة بناء مؤسسات الأعمال في بيروت على نحو أفضل (B%) – تمويل إضافي (Arabic)
The development objective of Building Beirut Businesses Back and Better (B5) Fund Project for Lebanon is to support the recovery of targeted micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and sustain the operations...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD5647 Document Date: June 28, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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MSMEs (English)
MSME financing is a significant part of IFC’s business. IFC works across emerging markets to improve financial infrastructure and scale new tools to deliver impactful financial products and services for...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193539 Document Date: June 12, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Financing to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in the Poorest Countries (English)
IFC is working to develop solutions to close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) financing gap, collaborating with 129 financial institutions (FIs) across 39 International Development Association...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192943 Document Date: December 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Martin Hommes,Sorokina, Aksinya
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Sustainable MSME Finance Reference Guide (English)
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) represent ninety percent of businesses worldwide. Not only are they important drivers of employment, technological change, and social mobility. They are also...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 186011 Document Date: November 23, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Argentina - Access to Sustainable Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Project (English)
The development objective of the Access to Sustainable Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Project for Argentina is to promote access to sustainable finance for MSMEs and to respond...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD5444 Document Date: August 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Ecuador - Promoting Access to Finance for Productive Purposes for MSMEs : Additional Financing and Restructuring (English)
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...
Document Type: Project Paper Report No.: PAD5367 Document Date: May 9, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Unlocking SME Finance in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations (English)
Access to finance is a key obstacle for the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises in fragile and conflict affected situations. This paper provides empirical evidence on the key macrofinancial...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10363 Document Date: March 14, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Calice,Pietro
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Botswana - Financial Sector Assessment Program : Technical Note - MSME Access to Finance (English)
Access to credit by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) remains challenging in Botswana. Lack of access to credit has both demand and supply side challenges. There are demand side challenges such...
Document Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Report No.: 186125 Document Date: February 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Istuk,Ivor
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The Impact of Electronic Recording of Business Inspections on Compliance with Regulatory Standards and Inspectors’ Performance (English)
In Peru, the business safety inspection process, a requirement to obtain an operating license, is characterized by misaligned incentives and high transaction costs. These inefficiencies disproportionally...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 175199 Document Date: August 4, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando,Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego,Gertler,Paul J.,Goicoechea,Ana