Financial Innovation Drives Small Businesses

Spagnoletto, Paolo

collection.link.181	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9412
collection.name.181	IFC SmartLessons
dc.contributor.author	Spagnoletto, Paolo
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T12:03:39Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T12:03:39Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:51Z
dc.description.abstract	International Finance Corporation (IFC) makes selective investments in small businesses that are in frontier countries and have a strong developmental role. Since 2002, the corporation has made 25 or so small direct investments (SDI), most of which turned out to be success stories. Over the years, SDI developed a specific methodology that works well with small companies. But the most successful stories arise from innovative financial solutions tailored to help small businesses as they incubate and eventually graduate into fully bankable companies.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10778258/financial-innovation-drives-small-businesses
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10557
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	IFC Smart Lessons Brief
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACCESS TO LOANS
dc.subject	ADVISORY SERVICES
dc.subject	BANKS
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BEST PRACTICES
dc.subject	BOARD MEMBER
dc.subject	BORROWING
dc.subject	BROKERAGE
dc.subject	BROKERAGE FEES
dc.subject	CAPITAL ADEQUACY
dc.subject	CAPITALIZATION
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSION
dc.subject	CASH RESERVES
dc.subject	CHARTER
dc.subject	CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
dc.subject	COLLATERAL
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE MARKET
dc.subject	CONTRIBUTION
dc.subject	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	CORPORATION
dc.subject	CORPORATIONS
dc.subject	CREDITWORTHY BORROWERS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEBT-SERVICE
dc.subject	DEBTS
dc.subject	DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	DIVIDEND
dc.subject	DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
dc.subject	DIVIDEND PAYOUTS
dc.subject	DIVIDENDS
dc.subject	DONOR FUNDS
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
dc.subject	EMERGING MARKETS
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FARMER
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INNOVATION
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject	FINANCING INITIATIVE
dc.subject	FIXED RATE
dc.subject	INCORPORATION
dc.subject	INDEBTEDNESS
dc.subject	INNOVATIVE FINANCING
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTEREST INCOME
dc.subject	INVESTMENT ARM
dc.subject	JOINT VENTURE
dc.subject	LIMITED
dc.subject	LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject	LIQUIDATION
dc.subject	LOAN
dc.subject	LOAN EXPOSURE
dc.subject	LOAN PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	LOANS TO FARMERS
dc.subject	LOCAL BANKS
dc.subject	MARKET VALUE
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MICROFINANCE
dc.subject	MIDDLEMEN
dc.subject	NATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	NEW INVESTORS
dc.subject	OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY
dc.subject	OUTSTANDING LOAN
dc.subject	PARENT COMPANY
dc.subject	PAYOUT RATIOS
dc.subject	PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	POTENTIAL INVESTORS
dc.subject	PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGIN
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGINS
dc.subject	PROFITABILITY
dc.subject	REORGANIZATION
dc.subject	RESERVE
dc.subject	RETURN
dc.subject	RETURN ON INVESTMENT
dc.subject	SALE
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SHAREHOLDER
dc.subject	SHAREHOLDERS
dc.subject	SMALL BUSINESS
dc.subject	SMALL BUSINESSES
dc.subject	SMALL COMPANIES
dc.subject	SMALL DIRECT INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	SMALL LOAN
dc.subject	SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject	SUPERVISORY BOARD
dc.subject	TAKEOVER
dc.subject	TAKEOVERS
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	VILLAGE
dc.title	Financial Innovation Drives Small Businesses	en
okr.date.disclosure	2012-01-17
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10778258/financial-innovation-drives-small-businesses
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000333037_20090706003206
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	10778258
okr.identifier.report	49252
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/07/06/000333037_20090706003206/Rendered/PDF/492520BRI0Smar1agnoletto0Innovation.pdf	en
okr.topic	Law and Development :: Corporate Law
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.topic	Private Sector Development :: Emerging Markets
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Access to Finance
okr.unit	European Office - Paris (CXAPA)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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