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AND GAZA TRADE OPENS DOORS In West Bank and Gaza, persistent conflict and the lack of a local currency makes doing business even more challenging. That’s why IFC’s trade finance program with the Bank of Palestine is so critical in a territory where unemployment is nearly 30 percent. Trade finance opens doors to increased investment in financial

Over the last decades, West Bank and Gaza have suffered due to political and economic instability, resulting in years of inadequate infrastructure investment and poor provision of public services to the people of Palestine. The provision of standard municipal public services, especially solid waste management, was of particular concern.

IFC’s Habesch says that is key in cash-strapped West Bank and Gaza, which needs to invest upwards of $4 billion in its power grid. The financing package for the solar arrays includes an IFC loan of up to $8.1 million in addition to loans from the Finland-IFC Blended Finance for Climate program and the recently launched Netherlands-IFC MENA ...

and Gaza have been unable to invest sufficiently in solid waste management (SWM) infrastructure or services. To address this problem, the Joint Services Council for Hebron and Bethlehem (JSC-H&B) was established to focus on providing sanitary final disposal services and raise public awareness. THE WORLD BANK GROUP’S ROLE

West Bank and Gaza. A first-of-its-kind program, BOP is combining access to tailored financial products with nonfinancial services, including networking, mentoring, coaching, and business information, to drive growth of women-owned1 small and medium enterprises (SMEs). 1 Women-owned refers to both women-owned and women-led SMEs,

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The latest publications from IFC in the Middle East and North Africa.

LEBANON. Bank of Beirut. Banque Libano-Francaise. BBAC (Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries) BLC Bank. BLOM Bank. Byblos. Credit Bank. Credit Libanais.

IFC in the Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Stretching from Türkiye in the West to Pakistan in the East, this diverse region is home to more than 630 million people. It is a place brimming with potential and while languages and cultures may differ, many regional countries share the ambitious goals of combating ...

Challenges and Recommendations for Water Security in Senegal at National Level and in the Dakar-Mbour-Thiès Triangle assesses the attention given to water resource management and identifies barriers to achieving water security. The study also takes a closer look at the Greater Dakar region, where achieving water security will be most critical ...