The Finance in Africa report emphasises the challenges faced by the African banking sector - including the impact of recent shocks, such as the COVID-19 crisis and Russia's invasion of Ukraine - and the importance of gender diversity in business and banking. The report also discusses the need...

This overview discusses some key findings of the papers presented at the conference and draws some policy conclusions from them in the context of the broader literature. The papers and the wider academic discussion are sorted into three areas. First, how do the economics of infrastructure...

This study was prepared for the European Investment Bank (EIB). The objective of the study is to assess the financing needs of SMEs in Russia and identify the market failures. In addition to senior debt, which is the main instrument currently available to the EIB in Russia, the study also...