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Financing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises : An Independent Evaluation of IFC's Experience in Frontier Countries (Independent Evaluation Group Studies)
Financing Micro Small and Medium Enterprises An Independent Evaluation of IFC's Experience in Frontier Countries - Independent Evaluation Group Studies Author:The International Finance Corporation This evaluation assesses the strategies, investment projects, and technical assistance operations of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) from Fiscal Year 1994 - Fiscal Year 2005 to support micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) in frontier countries (i.e., low income or high risk countries). The confluence of two IFC strategic ... more »priorities - support for MSMEs and support for enterprises in frontier countries - serves as the point of departure of the evaluation. This timely report will find widespread interest among economic development practitioners in finding sustainable business models for providing financial support to micro-enterprises. It includes an evaluation of the performance of the MSME-FIs in implementing IFC's environmental, health, social and safety (ESHS) requirements.« less