This paper uses remotely sensed and farm-level data to assess the micro-level impacts of the war in Ukraine. Remotely sensed, high-resolution data on areas of war-induced agricultural field damage in different...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10869Date: August 19, 2024Author:
Klaus W. Deininger ;
Daniel Ayalew Ali ;
Kussul,Nataliia ;
Lemoine,Guido ;
Shelestov,Andrii
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193105Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Climate change mitigation remains as critical as ever, as global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. Temperatures continue their relentless climb, and 2023 was the hottest year on record. While...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193115Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
The mobile money industry keeps asking, what is the value proposition for agents? One want to know what it is going to take to get the agents to put out significant amounts of effort for the MFSP, but...
Type: BriefReport#: 193080Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
IFC’s Infrastructure and Natural Resources Group provides equity and debt-financing solutions to commercially viable companies and projects in Asia and the Pacific. Our global network, local presence,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193118Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) is an innovative IFC-led, funded by EC program, that is expanding access to insurance for natural disasters and weather risks in developing countries.
Type: BriefReport#: 193119Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper proposes a new link relating export destinations and the organization of the firm: the production of higher-quality varieties exported to rich destinations induces firms to restructure their...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 201084Date: August 16, 2024Author:
Brambilla Irene ;
Cesar Andres ;
Guillermo Enrique Falcone ;
Porto Guido
Market sizing is traditionally defined as estimating the number of buyers of a particular product, or users of a service. Because of the relative newness of mobile money, sizing the potential market is...
Type: BriefReport#: 193067Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Master Agents are tasked with building and managing a network of retail agents on behalf of the MFSP. They need to have strong entrepreneurial drive, because in order to achieve success they need to be...
Type: BriefReport#: 193075Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
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,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193116Date: August 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
This validation of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), fiscal years (FY) 19-23 dated May 21, 2018, and updated...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 193431Date: August 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank supports the establishment of independent and effective accountability institutions in countries. To promote the independence of SAIs, the World Bank has undertaken an effort to measure...
Type: BriefReport#: 193053Date: August 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193057Date: August 15, 2024Author:
Sorokina,Aksinya ;
Alla Khodakivska
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193060Date: August 15, 2024Author:
Sorokina,Aksinya ;
Alla Khodakivska
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193059Date: August 15, 2024Author:
Sorokina,Aksinya ;
Alla Khodakivska
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193058Date: August 15, 2024Author:
Sorokina,Aksinya ;
Alla Khodakivska
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193061Date: August 15, 2024Author:
Sorokina,Aksinya ;
Alla Khodakivska
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193063Date: August 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
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