-based growth and most importantly, poverty reduction. It does this by combining an assessment of the investment climate faced by …

The World Bank Group estimates that, by 2030, up to two-thirds of the world's extreme poor will live in countries …'s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for over a decade. In fact, IFC and MIGA … supporting private investment and development impact in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) and identifies key factors …

accounted for more than US$3.2 billion in investment commitments. In addition, a combined electricity and water project was … implemented, representing investment of US$600 million. The number of new projects involving the private sector returned to the … peak of 2005, while annual investment commitments grew by 18 percent, though from a low level in 2006. …

approximate doubling of investment needs in these sectors. "--World Bank web site … services and project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual … investment needs in electricity and telecommunications for the current growth scenario (3.6 percent a year) are of the order of 0 …

the project and proposes the World Bank Group risk mitigation instruments …