Financial Inclusion

The latest issue of Focus Magazine discusses the development challenges of fragile states.

The current issue of Forbes Magazine profiles 71-year old Paul Polak and his organization, International Development Enterprises (IDE). The idea behind IDE is that providing affordable and…

On June 1st the IFC announced a $40 million dollar loan to Scancom Limited to boost investment in Ghana’s mobile telecom sector. Such investments are among the most fruitful that institutions such…

In today’s Guardian Kurt Hoffman, director of the Shell Foundation, writes an op-ed on how “only job-creating business can really make poverty history.”

The World Bank has launched a new online discussion on “How to Streamline Business Registration.” International public opinion, and research such as the World Bank’s Doing Business Project, have…