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This manual gives an overview of sustainable energy technologies (SETs) that can contribute to reducing poverty and in providing energy for the poor in South Asia. No one person needs all the solutions that the manual covers; but everybody needs some. The manual gives...Read More

This paper raises aspects related to energy security in an African context by focusing on the industrial sector. Strategic priorities to address the issue include: renewable energy, including agro/bio/fuels, for enhancing access to energy services and industrial...Read More

PRODUSE pursued two main objectives: (a) gaining insights on the interaction between electrification and productive electricity usage by examining the impact of electrification on micro-enterprises and (b) improving the available toolkit for the impact evaluation of...Read More

The objective of this study, requested by the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development, is to assist the government of Egypt in: formulating a coherent national affordable housing strategy which puts in place an effective institutional and regulatory...Read More

The objective of this report is to help the government with the design of the second generation of financial reforms aimed at increasing the role of the private sector in financial services provision, particularly to SMEs and households, while strengthening risk...Read More

Financial systems in developing countries are generally characterized by under- developed financial markets; they are dominated by commercial banks. This was the case of Tunisia, which, by adopting financial reforms, sought to make a dynamic financial market in order...Read More

This paper explains the decrease based on credit supply and demand considerations by 1) presenting stylized facts regarding the evolution of the banks’ sources and fund use in 2005 to 2011, noting two different cycles of external capital flows, and 2) estimating...Read More

The main findings of this paper show that legal form, economic activity, labor, capital, and sales turnover have a significant effect on having banking facilities. In addition, we find that the smaller the firm, the higher the probability of having banking problems. We...Read More

This document is a product of a lengthy and informed consultative process that involved representatives of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in several governorates, local and international experts, representatives of SME development organizations and...Read More

Highlights of the activities of the The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development from the 1st January 1962 till the 31st of March 2013. Read More