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A new IFC-World Bank study on Capital Market Development shows its impact on job creation, productivity, and growth.

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March 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New technologies and business practices can bring animal-source protein to areas where stunting and undernutrition are still prevalent. www.ifc.org/en/insights-...
How to Bring More Meat, Eggs, and Dairy to Poor Countries
Learn how innovative farming can curb malnutrition and cut emissions. Download PDF.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On Thursday, March 13, 9-10am ET we are launching a new IFC/WBG book on Financing Firm Growth: The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle Income Countries, at @piie.com.

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The role of capital markets in emerging-market growth
A new book from the World Bank Group, Financing Firm Growth, explores the surge in capital market financing in low- and middle-income countries from 1990 to 2022. Drawing on data from nearly 80,000 fi...
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March 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In this new blog, Florian Mölders and Edgar Salgado Chavez compare returns on IFC investments through private equity stakes with returns on MSCI index traded companies. They look at data by industry/sector. They show that a few home runs make a big difference. blogs.worldbank.org/en/developme...
Beyond the Numbers: Understanding Private Equity Returns in Emerging Markets
The blog titled "Beyond the Numbers: Understanding Private Equity Returns in Emerging Markets" by Florian Mölders and Edgar Salgado discusses the impressive returns of private equity in emerging marke...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In new paper, Arti Grover (IFC) and Mariana Viollaz show women entrepreneurs are equally likely to apply for and receive credit as male counterparts, but amounts they receive are lower. Gap is wider in countries with more restrictive gender/cultural norms. documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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January 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How many firms are there in Africa?

IFC researchers Marcio Cruz, Florian Mölders, Edgar Salgado Chavez, and Ariane Volk bravely and convincingly tackle this deceptively simple question.
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January 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM

My first post in Bluesky (!)

A new working paper by IFC Research colleagues Florian Moelders and Edgar Salgado explores the returns to IFC investments through equity stakes in firms in emerging markets and low income countries.

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January 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM