become widespread and have increased investment by businesses, especially in East Africa. Second, women-owned business in the … study connects the two findings by exploring whether mobile money use by women-owned firms increases their investment. The … findings indicate that the positive relationship between mobile money use and investment is largely driven by women-owned firms …

fill the investment gap. It finds that the average investor assigns more weight to power sector policy and regulatory …

environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by one of the largest and longest-operating impact investors … investing that some eligible markets do not receive sufficient investment capital …

schemes; b) concerted efforts to spur domestic investment and attract foreign direct investment, to contribute to export … supportive environment, including a) sustaining sound macroeconomic fundamentals; and b) strengthening the institutional capacity …

Stagnant global trade, subdued investment, and heightened policy uncertainty marked another difficult year for the … market and developing economies. Weak investment is weighing on medium-term prospects across many emerging market and … Economic Prospects includes a chapter on the causes, consequences and policy implications of weak investment in emerging …

") corruption and the rent-seeking incentives of lower level officials. It argues that a significant obstacle to investment … likely is investment …