Supply chain risk has become a major area of concern for companies in the agribusiness sector, as well as for their … companies and multiple countries. Through its eight performance standards on E and S sustainability, the International Finance …

addressing systemic issues such as credit information and credit bureaus, improvements in risk management, corporate governance … a bank's existing risk management practices and framework and can provide a useful tool and guide for banks to further … improve the effectiveness of their risk management activities. In risk management, there cannot be a one size fits all …

Banks in emerging markets are increasingly providing non-financial services to their SME clients, typically consisting …

supporting private sector development in frontier countries (characterized by high risk or low income), in response to their … relatively lower private capital inflows and less developed banking systems, as compared with medium (or low) risk middle …-oriented financial intermediary (SME-FI) projects supported by IFC in countries designated as frontier countries at the time of project …

microfinance institutions (MFIs) and SME-focused financial institutions, which provide financial services in 91 countries. IFC is …

. Access to finance remains a key constraint to SME development in emerging economies. Closing the credit gap for formal SMEs … will be less daunting than for informal SMEs. The SME finance gap is the result of a mismatch between the needs of the … enabling environment and residual market failures have motivated government interventions to foster SME access to financing …

risk taken by SME focused banks. The report aims to help emerging market financial institutions that participated in the …The purpose of the report is to present the findings from IFC’s recent survey on risk and nonperforming loan management … practices in financial institutions together with supporting benchmarks and global trends in risk management. Top tier financial …