The infrastructure financing gap remains
a critical global challenge for sustainable development. New
thinking and innovative financial models are needed in order
to...
Type: BriefReport#: 115705Date: April 1, 2017Author:
Mapila,Kopo Gary ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke ;
Chastenay,Carl
Commodity exchanges can provide emerging
market economies with orderly, transparent, and efficient
markets by acting as mechanisms that mitigate price risk,
discover...
The rapid growth of mobile financial
services (MFS) is arguably the single most significant
contributor to increased financial inclusion in emerging
markets today. It...
Type: BriefReport#: 119208Date: April 1, 2017Author:
Buku,Mercy Wangari ;
Mazer,Rafe
In 2004, at the time of appraisal, the
poverty rate in rural areas of Bolivia, where approximately
one-third of the population live, was 82 percent. Less than
half of...
Facing wide disparities in opportunity
and service delivery across different parts of the country,
Kenya’s government is in the midst of an ambitious push to
give communities...
Ensuring that scarce public resources
are spent with integrity and effectiveness is at the core of
effective governance. In Moldova, fighting entrenched
corruption and...
Corporate Governance (CG) Focus is a
regular installment produced by the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) Corporate Governance Group in Indonesia to
provide IFC...
Type: BriefReport#: 192091Date: March 31, 2017Author:
Razook,James Christopher ;
Chaudhry,Mohsin Ali
Coming to grips with the enormous
challenge of climate change will require big decisions with
the potential for long-term global impacts. Technological
advances in geospatial...
Every year, World water day draws the
world’s attention to key global water issues. World water
day 2017 focused on water and wastewater, and how wastewater
is a valuable...
Aquatic resources such as fish, coral
reefs, seaweed, minerals, oil and gas, the services they
provide, and resilient coasts are assets that can be
sustainable exploited...
Type: BriefReport#: 113787Date: March 15, 2017Author:
Lovei,Magda
Education is one of the most important
drivers for ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity,
as well as for improving health, gender equality, peace, and
stability....
As a GIIF partner for the development of
index insurance in Burkina Faso, PlaNet Guarantee has
implemented authorized index insurance solutions to meet the
demands of...
This story highlights small-scale
cross-border trade has risen sharply since the 1990s in the
Mekong sub-region, particularly between Cambodia and
Thailand. Women in...
As a GIIF partner for the development of
index insurance in Mali, PlaNet Guarantee has implemented a
range of authorized index insurance solutions responding to
the...
As GIIF partners for the development of
index insurance in Senegal, PlaNet Guarantee and the
National Insurance Company of Senegal (Compagnie Nationale
d’Assurance Agricole...
Women are the backbone of the rural
economy, especially in developing countries. They make up
almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few
decades, they...
Improved sanitation is high on the
priority list for rural Egypt, where less than 20 percent of
households are covered by public sewers. The sustainable
rural sanitation...
Niger’s sharp declines in neonatal and
infant mortality since 1960s has raised the nation’s life
expectancy at birth from 37 years in 1960 to 58.4 years in
2010 placing...
Type: BriefReport#: 119483Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Atakhodjayeva,Raihona ;
Rockmore,Christophe
This note explores the way traditional
banks and financial technology companies, or Fintech’s,
interact in Africa and Asia, and their ability to offer
innovative digital...
Type: BriefReport#: 114396Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Alexander,Alexander Jonathan ;
Shi,Lin ;
Solomon,Bensam Biniam
Wasting (low weight-for-height) occurs
when children lose weight rapidly, generally from low
caloric intake and/or repeated infections; it is an
indicator of acute undernutrition....
Type: BriefReport#: 113617Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
Mehta,Michelle Ashwin ;
Shekar,Meera
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