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  • IFC and Microfinance (English)

    Microfinance is an important tool to improve livelihoods at the base of the pyramid. Access to finance has proven to reduce poverty and enable the poor build assets, increase incomes, and reduce their...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192468 Document Date: July 9, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Maldives Financial Sector Assesment Program - Technical Note : Access to Finance for MSMEs (English)

    Access to credit by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) remains challenging inMaldives. Data on access to finance for MSMEs is missing and the Maldives Monetary Authority(MMA) does not collect...

    Document Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Report No.: 190960 Document Date: March 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kliatskova,Tatsiana,Menezes,Antonia Preciosa,Istuk,Ivor

  • Impact Reporting and Adding Green to the Microfinance Value Chain (English)

    In June 2020, fund managers at SEB, one of the largest banks in Sweden – were just ending an intense discussion on the impact funds they were managing. The discussion had been spurred by the previous day’s...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 186004 Document Date: November 23, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Setterberg, Hanna,Sjöström, Emma,Nordlund, Johan,Nyqvist, Martina Björkman

  • Yemen - Emergency Electricity Access Project (English)

    Ratings for the Emergency Electricity Access Project for Yemen were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality was substantial. Some lessons...

    Document Type: Implementation Completion and Results Report Report No.: ICR6168 Document Date: June 28, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Alternative Delivery Channels and Impacts : Agent Banking (English)

    This paper reviews evidence on agent networks of microfinance institutions and other financial services providers, which have expanded rapidly in recent years in some low- and middle-income contexts. There...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10290 Document Date: February 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buri,Sinja,Cull,Robert J.,Gine,Xavier

  • Microfinance in the Kyrgyz Republic : Poverty, Financial Inclusion, and Pricing (English)

    Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in particular have a goal to provide accessible microfinance services to the population to contribute to poverty reduction, improved employment rate, development of entrepreneurship...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 192159 Document Date: June 30, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Saida Ismailakhunova,Abdulhafizova, Farida

  • Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Finance - Examining the Impact Narrative (English)

    Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are a vital part of the livelihoods and resilience strategies of poor households across emerging markets. There is evidence that lack of access to finance is one of the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 183686 Document Date: March 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kumaraswamy,Sai Krishna

  • Corporate Governance and Microfinance Institutions (English)

    As microfinance institutions have grown and professionalized over recent decades, their need for improved governance practices has increased. IFC works with microfinance institutions (MFIs) in countries...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 178249 Document Date: July 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank