Russia's military campaign this month in Georgia was a reminder that there is always a risk in running energy supply routes through this volatile part of the world -- a fact that is hitting home with potential investors in planned Caucasus natural-gas or oil pipelines.
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REPOA’s Research Report 08.2 examines:
•The contribution of small businesses to poverty alleviation:
issues covered are income generation, employment creation, salaries, profit margin and profitability.
•The influence of socio-economic factors:,
issues covered are gender, owner’s level of education, motivation for starting the business, sources of initial capital, owner’s prior activity, and use of technology.
•The impact of business formality on profit margins and empl more...
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Interested in expanding financial services to remote-rural areas, the Ford Foundation Affinity Group for Development Finance commissioned the Coady International Institute and a global team of researchers to conduct a study on member-owned financial institutions (MOIs). A key assumption for the study was that member-owned institutions offer distinct advantages for remote rural outreach.
The study involved several facets and spanned three years. First, a literature review was conducted on MOIs more...
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'Part of UNDP's growing inclusive market's initiative, the report Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor showcases 50 case studies by researchers in both emerging market economies and developed economies around the world. These studies demonstrate the successful pursuit of both revenues and socio-economic impact by local and international small-and medium sized enterprises as well as multinational corporations.
The report emphasises that the power of poor people t more...
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Cette note recommande la création d’un organisme de facilitation qui aurait pour mission de rassembler les connaissances en la matière, d’aider à surmonter les divergences d’intérêts et les carences institutionnelles, de demander des comptes à la Commission et aux États membres sur la réalisation des objectifs de facilitation, et de donner davantage de force à la voix de l’UE dans les organisations internationales concernées par les procédures commerciales et la facilitation d more...
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'The Sourcebook is a product of the OECD-DAC Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results, a group of bilateral and multilateral donors – and, more recently, of partner country representatives – that are working to promote the implementation of the Paris commitments.
'Most of all, the Sourcebook is intended to be a living document. As new good practices emerge and more countries and agencies gain experience, new case studies are intended to be added, continually updating the Sourceb more...
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'This publication presents the findings of the Initiative’s 2005-2006 thematic review on curbing corruption in public procurement. It highlights trends, approaches and achievements across 25 jurisdictions in Asia and the Pacific in a comparative overview that also presents a framework to guide policy development. It also contains reports on individual jurisdictions that provide details on existing policies in national contexts and on key elements of legal and institutional frameworks.'
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