Liquidity—the ability for financial institutions, businesses, and individuals to access money—is a key indicator of a healthy financial system that supports economic growth. In times of crisis (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), a lack of liquidity threatens the entire economy. … Read More
The growth of micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially women-owned enterprises, is critical to the growth of all economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region. E-commerce, which covers both physical goods ordered online and digital goods and … Read More
Market Development (MADE) for Northern Ghana is a DFID/UKAid funded project that uses the Making Markets Work for The Poor (M4P) approach to increase incomes and yields for smallholder farmers (SHFs) and small rural enterprises. The project is being implemented … Read More
Developed under USAID’s Leadership in Public Financial Management II (LPFM II) project, this Customs Modernization Handbook aims to provide a comprehensive guide for Customs agencies to develop an active risk management analysis framework in the cargo processing environment. This handbook … Read More
This guide focuses on the financial instruments available to help bridge the financing gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), reviewing existing financing programs and their impacts and drawing out lessons learned. The guide explores how governments and development partners … Read More
This Topic Guide seeks to provide an introduction to the main questions and controversies in education economics, especially with respect to developing countries.
A scientific, expedient, and cost- effective system for assessing customer demand, needs, and risk. The Microfinance Decision Support System applies sound economics, empirical research, and statistical techniques to guide MFIs’ strategic decisions. The system consists of a custom-built assessment methodology … Read More
The Advance Rulings Resource Guide supports customs administrations in devising and implementing advance ruling strategies. Well-implemented advance ruling systems give traders and their agents certainty about how their goods will be treated at the time of import. They also promote … Read More
Produced for the Telecommunication and Radiocommunication Regulator (TRR) of Vanuatu by Nathan economist Dr. Bruno Viani and legal adviser Laura Sherman, these guidelines Define the telecommunications market, assessing demand and supply side substitution (the SSNIP test) and providing a geographic … Read More
Developing countries submitted negotiating proposals on various agricultural topics for WTO talks in 2001. Among the issues they advocated were binding preferential market access in developed country markets, eliminating domestic subsidies in developed country markets but allowing developing countries to … Read More