Since the early 1990s, the industrial timber plantation (Hutan Tanaman Industri - HTI) scheme has been intended to serve as a major source of timber to meet domestic and export demand. The need to meet a large gap between legal wood supply and demand for forests products has been the recent years as high as 50 million
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2017Indonésie, Asie orientale, Océanie
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesArticles et Livresjuillet, 2016Inde, Asie méridionale
In many countries, hydropower development is rapidly becoming a focus of green growth policies. This represents a significant opportunity for ecosystem services-based land management that integrates environmental and development goals to benefit the hydropower sector and support economic growth. In this study, we present an approach for targeting ecosystem-provision investment in hydropower catchments coupled with hydrologic modeling to quantify the benefits of soil and water conservation activities.
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The First Microfinance Bank's Experience in Afghanistan
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementdécembre, 2013Afghanistan, Asie méridionaleThe objective of this case study is to document an example of the successful design and implementation of housing micronance (HMF) products by analyzing the approach taken by the First Micronance Bank of Afghanistan (FMFB-A) from 2009 to 2013. This report aims to encourage other lenders to follow suit and offer housing-related loans to low-income earners. It is part of IFC’s MENA Micronance Knowledge Management project, which aims to raise awareness among micronanceinstitutions (MFIs) about the importance of risk management, product development, and transformation.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2016Inde, Asie méridionale
The study aims to assess the market for low and middle income housing finance in Bangladesh and identify the demand trajectory of this segment over the next 4 years. In addition, the report identifies factors that constrain the housing finance from serving low and middle income households.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2015Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale
This report summarizes the experiences of 19 companies from across the region. Each of the case studies highlights the key corporate governance changes made and the positive impacts that resulted, as reported by the company. The companies represent various countries, sectors, types, and sizes. All of the companies featured are former IFC Advisory Services clients. Some are IFC Investment clients as well. IFC conducted an in-depth corporate governance assessment for each of these companies using IFC’s Corporate Governance Methodology.
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Movable Assets-Based Financing to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementseptembre, 2014Indonésie, Asie orientale, OcéanieThe report aims to assess the current market for movable assets based lending with respect to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia. The sections of the report highlight the addressable demand for MSMEs and the current supply provided by various formal sources of financing in Indonesia. Traditionally, financial institutions have preferred lending against fixed asset collateral only. Using that as a starting point, the report seeks to identify the current challenges in lending against movable assets.
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Views of Foreign Investors
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementnovembre, 2015Kirghizistan, Europe, Asie centralThe World Bank Group’s investment climate project conducted a survey of foreign investors in the Kyrgyz Republic - both those currently operating and those that have terminated their operations for various reasons. The purpose of the survey was to assess selected aspects of the investment policy and legal environment in place in the Kyrgyz Republic, so as to determine whether the current regulations are investment-conducive or otherwise.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresfévrier, 2012Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud, Asie orientale, Caraïbes, Océanie, Asie méridionale
Today, 370 million people live in cities in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with a high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050 these numbers are likely to more than double, leading to a greater concentration of hazard risk in many of the world's cities. The authors discuss what sets hazard risk in urban areas apart, summarize estimates of valuation of hazard risk, and discuss implications for individual mitigation and public policy.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresjuin, 2013Inde, Asie méridionale
Although a high rate of urbanization and a high incidence of rural poverty are two distinct features of many developing countries, there is little knowledge of the effects of the former on the latter. Using a large sample of Indian districts from the 1983–1999 period, we find that urbanization has a substantial and systematic poverty-reducing effect in the surrounding rural areas.
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