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returns in economic growth, job creation and productivity, have been disappointing. The Moroccan economy has performed … labor supply in skills that would anchor Morocco as an emerging economy, to continue its path of growth, and to move into …
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to Vietnam's economic growth, accounting for more than 98 percent of all …,000 in 2016, encouraged in part by increased government efforts to facilitate new business. Vietnam's women own 95,906 or … about 21 percent of formal enterprises. Vietnam has fewer differences between the legal statuses of men and women. However …
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This study investigates the state of the electronic (e) and mobile (m)-commerce sector in Vietnam and its impact on the … development of cashless payments and online financial services. The e- and m-commerce sector in Vietnam is growing organically … development. Vietnam has one of the fastest growing economies globally and the World Bank estimates that its GDP per capital will …
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are the backbone of Pakistan's economy as they constitute more than 90 percent of total private enterprises in the formal …
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, seeks to promote private sector led growth in order to support job creation and inclusive growth. In this context, an important priority of IFC in Lebanon is to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In Lebanon, SMEs represent 97 percent of the total...
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This note presents practical guidance on how to implement a framework for managing fiscal commitments from Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). It draws on specific regional operational experience and on World Bank Institute (WBI)'s wider thematic engagement with different partners worldwide. The...
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This report takes stock of the market for impact investing and examines the conditions that would allow the market to grow and realize its potential. Historically, there have always been investors who cared about more than just financial returns. Governments and philanthropists, for example,...
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In recent years cruising has become one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry. Globally, the Pacific Islands account for a small fraction of the cruise industry (around two per cent in 2015), but expected growth in the coming years is high. Given their geographic proximity,...
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This report is an output of the Better Regulation for Growth Program between the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and IC, the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. The reports identifies a set of minimum...
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In the fall of 2008, the Moroccan microfinance sector underwent what in economics is referred to as a Minsky moment, the sudden realization that the market has overshot and that the good times are coming to an end. In this particular case, the Minsky moment was a specific event - the private...
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