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The Private Sector and Poverty Reduction: Lessons from the Field

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dc.contributor.authorIndependent Evaluation Group
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T21:36:38Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T21:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.description.abstractThe mission of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. There is a subjective dimension to poverty which relates to peoples’ perceptions and translates into such basic human concerns as self-confidence, motivation, and hope. Successful development projects tap into this dimension and enhance the meaning people give to their endeavors so that people become the architects of their own development. Independent evaluation group (IEG) selected four case studies in as many countries. The countries for these case studies were drawn from the two areas of the world with the highest incidence of absolute and proportional poverty - Asia and Africa. The projects represented four different sectors of economic activity, each important to poverty reduction: a micro-credit and savings financial service in a large Central African country; a telecom project in a small East African country; a farm forestry project in a large South Asian country; and a water and sanitation project in a middle sized East Asian country. This report will discuss a number of issues relating to the poverty reduction effectiveness of these four projects: the rationale behind their support; understanding the perspective of the poor (demand assessment); adjusting supply to market realities (how companies engage with beneficiaries); access to services; affordability; and effects (results), followed by a summary and conclusion.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25123239/private-sector-poverty-reduction-lessons-field
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/23032
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23032
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.subjectprivate sector
dc.subjectaccess to services
dc.subjectperspective of the poor
dc.subjectcorporate engagement
dc.subjectmicrofinance
dc.subjectforestry
dc.subjecttelecommunication
dc.subjectwater and sanitation
dc.titleThe Private Sector and Poverty Reductionen
dc.title.subtitleLessons from the Fielden
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2015-10-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T11:28:23.048365Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25123239/private-sector-poverty-reduction-lessons-field
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b083127971_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum25123239
okr.identifier.report99697
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development
okr.unitPoverty - GP (GPVDR)
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