Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
contribute significantly to jobs and output creation, and
are engines of economic growth worldwide. However, many
studies have found...
Type: ReportReport#: 138054Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Frerejacque,Pascal ;
Lincoln Nagy,Marie Anne Johanna ;
Barros,Ana Cristina Hirata ;
Belford,Sarah Haley ;
Chandrasekaran,Gayatri
The bank may ask to meet with you before
they can decide whether to issue your loan. This is a common
practice for larger loans, with longer maturities (the ‘time
horizon’...
While each bank has different approaches
and procedures when it comes to issuing loans, there are
some practices that are common to most banks. The World Bank
conducted...
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. This...
This story highlights DAS biogas has
developed a waste-to-wealth solution for treating
biodegradable household waste and converting it into cooking gas.
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. Few green...
Approximately 1.2 billion people will
need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal
access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a
combination of...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 138093Date: June 1, 2019
Lake Toba is a unique natural asset of
global significance with a rich cultural heritage located in
the North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Located 904 meters
above...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 137572Date: June 1, 2019
During the 1990s, a new paradigm for
power sector organization grew out of the wider Washington
Consensus and was spearheaded by the multilateral
institutions. The actual...
The Third Annual Program Review mission
was conducted in September 2019, with a progress discussion
held with lead counterparts over videoconference on
September 24,...
The development objective of Tunisia
Delivery Unit Project is to endow the Prime
Minister’s (PM) Office with an innovative and
efficient delivery unit dedicated...
Type: ReportReport#: 170085Date: May 31, 2019Author:
World Bank
As they mature, mini grid sectors evolve
from marginally viable competitive entrants to potential
monopoly providers of essential services. In early stages,
overly stringent...
Science and innovation are key factors
of competitiveness and sustainable development. The main
preconditions for the creation of an innovative society of
knowledge...
The guide supports transitioning
accounting education, training, and certification from a
knowledge-based approach to a competency-based approach.
Underlying this shift...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136899Date: May 14, 2019Author:
Borgonovo,Alfred Jean-Marie ;
Friedrich,Brian Jeffry ;
Wells,Michael John Cuthbert
The objective of the end-of-program
evaluation is to assess the program’s design, delivery, and
achievement of outcomes, and to extract relevant lessons
learned that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139145Date: May 10, 2019
Good financial management and financial
governance is not only an imperative for the largest
companies; smaller privately-owned businesses dominate
economies in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 136706Date: May 8, 2019Author:
Hodge,John David Sydney ;
Kabuya,Patrick ;
Begtasevic Rudalija,Lejla
The implementation of the energy sector
management assistance program (ESMAP) initiative from the
World Bank Group, is aiming at renewable energy resource
mapping and...
Type: ReportReport#: 146519Date: May 8, 2019Author:
Yildirimlar,Olgu
This operations manual is aimed at
providing hands-on and practical guidance to business
development practitioners, the donor community, and other
developmental experts...
Type: ReportReport#: 137223Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Webb,Julian William ;
Sawers,Jill ;
Smith,Katherine ;
Muradyan,Sophia
Sustainable energy for all (SE4ALL) is a
global coalition of governments, private sector, civil
society, and international organizations with a primary goal
of ensuring...
Waqf is a potent tool for mobilizing
resources to meet societal needs by the self-sustaining
contributions of private donors rather than by governmental
borrowing or...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138765Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Abdul Aziz,Ahmad Hafiz Bin ;
Zhang,Wei ;
Hamid,Baharom Abdul ;
Mahomed,Ziyaad ;
Bouheraoua,Said ;
Kasri,Noor Suhaida ;
Sano,Mohamed Al-Amine
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