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...
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...
Cement is a key sector for the Global Manufacturing and Services Department (GMS), accounting for about 18 percent of the department's commitment volume. Development results for this sector have been consistently...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is dedicated to measuring and improving its development results in both investment and advisory services. Beginning in October 2005, IFC implemented the Development...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When country conditions deteriorate, International Finance Corporation, or IFC needs to be ready to step in. Our analysis shows that during country crises, when foreign investors tend to withdraw, IFC...
The focus of the attached brief was on the effect of deteriorating country risk for development results. Below is a summary of key findings, including with regard to country risk and other project characteristic...
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...
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...
IFC's investments throughout the developing world are diversified across a wide array of industries. How projects contribute to a country's development varies by sector, since the profile of impacted stakeholders...
Sustainable and significant economic growth is a recent phenomenon, and no country has achieved it without considerable private investment. 18 countries that sustained a high growth rate throughout the...
International Finance Corporations (IFC's) profits have quadrupled in the past five years, leading many to ask whether IFC is making profit at the expense of development outcome. Is IFC making money because...