World Bank Group, Partners launch new initiative to expand A2F for MSMEs, drive growth, jobs in MENA
Cairo, Egypt, January 28, 2020 —The World Bank Group, in partnership with the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland, is launching a new, expanded phase of an advisory program to help improve access...
Seeing South Africa: Meeting Diepsloot’s dynamic youth entrepreneurs
They are young, dynamic and solving problems in their community—Diepsloot township, a mixed formal and informal settlement of 139,000 peopleorth of Johannesburg. These are some of the most impressive young women I met on...
El Salvador urges investors to think again
El Salvador is going all out to put an end its recent past of high levels of violence and sub-par economic growth and become a credible destination for foreign investment. The government, led by...
Turks and Caicos Islands
Hit by hurricanes in 2017, the Turks and Caicos Islands, a Caribbean archipelago nation, is back on its feet again and open for business. Courtney Fingar, editor of fDi Magazine, explores opportunities in agribusiness,...
Trouble in the Making? The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development.
In the past, manufacturing created jobs and increased productivity in developing countries. But technology is improving, trade is slowing, and industrial automation may mean fewer jobs in the future. To continue advancing, developing countries...