Development Finance

Impact of Nachtigal Hydro Power Company’s investments on vocational education and training in Cameroon – A report

As part of the EIB-GDN program in Applied Development Finance, a new report was launched in the last cycle of the program.

Measuring Impacts -- The Experience of the EIB-GDN program

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has been investing in Africa since 1963, placing the measurement of development impact at the very core of its business approach.

Solar energy in Nigeria

In Nigeria the lack of a reliable, affordable power supply is a major problem facing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in reliance on diesel generators that are both expensive and harmful to health and the environment through noise and air pollution.

Digital distribution in the small retail sector in Nigeria

Nigeria has a large demand base for retail goods, even though approximately 83 million people (40% of the total population) lived below the poverty line.

Microfinance in Haiti

Microfinance institutions are a crucial lifeline for poorer people in Haiti. Most households and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises cannot access credit through formal financial institutions such as commercial banks, partly because of their inability to meet the standards for loan approval

The Development Bank of Jamaica

Access to finance plays a crucial role in business development, sustainability and growth. However, the lack of or insufficient access to credit for medium, small and micro-enterprises (MSMEs) is widespread in developing and emerging countries.

Access to finance in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector

Access to finance is a key factor determining firm expansion, especially for small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries.

Mobile customer relationship management in Kenya

With more than 500 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa, mobile phones now provide a cheaper and quicker way for businesses to communicate with customers through mobile customer relationship management (mCRM) systems.

Microfinance in Ghana

Widespread poverty and a low level of women’s empowerment are common challenges in developing countries.

Maternal health care in Senegal

Senegal has only around 3.1 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people, which makes it one of the countries least covered with qualified maternal care in the world (162th out of 187 countries).

Professional artisans in Kenya

African artisans produce jewelry with international appeal, but reaching those markets is often impossible.

Agricultural loans in Benin

In Benin, as elsewhere in Africa, improving agricultural productivity is a priority for economic transformation and for food security, especially since annual population growth in Benin is higher than overall agricultural growth per year. Innovations offered by financial services providers who are relaxing smallholder farmers’ credit constraints have led to promising results.

Financial inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire

According to the African Development Bank (2013), the SME sector including microenterprises contributes about 33% of gross GDP and up to 45% of total employment in Africa – thus playing a major role in alleviating poverty.

Community internet in Kenya

Many developing countries, including Kenya, are looking not only to expand access to ICT, but also to use the increased internet access to catalyze increased access to information for the education sector and improve the achievements of Kenya’s children.

Mobile Banking in Ethiopia

The young, the educated and the better-off have been early adopters of mobile money technology. Mobile banking and mobile payment systems have been rapidly developing in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. In Ethiopia, only about 5.2% of the adult population uses mobile money. The first mobile money service in Ethiopia, M-BIRR, launched commercially in 2015.

Decomposing Redistributive and Reranking Effects to Reveal Contributions of Taxes and Benefits

Since the 1970s when major methodological advancements in the measurement of inequality and progressivity emerged, there has been a huge empirical interest in evaluating how fiscal systems affect income distribution. This paper uses a micro approach to calculate indices and their decompositions, by analyzing differences in incomes, taxes, and benefits for pairs of income units.

Commodity Dependence and Fiscal Capacity

The natural resource wealth of a country can be a curse or a blessing for the country’s economic development. This study investigates the relationship between commodity dependence and fiscal capacity. A detailed theoretical model is offered, which predicts that higher natural resource rents lead to lower investment in fiscal capacity.

Fiscal Issues in Financial Crisis

Transition countries in the Balkans and neighboring regions are often constrained in their fiscal policies. This study looks into three dimensions: (i) sustainability in terms of the snowball effect and the level of public debt financial markets are comfortable with, (ii) structural and cyclical balances, and (ii) fiscal risks associated with implicit or contingent fiscal liabilities.

Impact of Nachtigal Hydro Power Company’s investments on vocational education and training in Cameroon – A report

Measuring Impacts -- The Experience of the EIB-GDN program

Solar energy in Nigeria

Digital distribution in the small retail sector in Nigeria

Microfinance in Haiti

The Development Bank of Jamaica

Access to finance in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector

Mobile customer relationship management in Kenya

Microfinance in Ghana

Maternal health care in Senegal

Professional artisans in Kenya

Agricultural loans in Benin

Financial inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire

Community internet in Kenya

Mobile Banking in Ethiopia

Decomposing Redistributive and Reranking Effects to Reveal Contributions of Taxes and Benefits

Commodity Dependence and Fiscal Capacity

Fiscal Issues in Financial Crisis

The Effects of Flat Tax on Inequality and Informal Employment: The Case of Albania

Manufacturing Firms’ Performance in a Trade Liberalization Process: The Case of Uruguay

Micro-Financing as a Means of Reducing Extreme Poverty: The Case of Senegal and The Gambia

Managing Agricultural Commercialization for Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Development Finance | Winning Authors - Next Horizons Essay Contest

Taxation, foreign aid and political governance: figures to the facts of a celebrated literature

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