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Annual Report 2023-2024
Annual Report
Business Regulation and Policy
Read about our activities from September 2023 to August 2024

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An Event for Change: Gaps and Solutions to Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment
ICReports
Women's Economic Empowerment
During the 05 and 06 June 2024, the ICR4WEE Conference welcomed over 140 participants, inclusive of attendees from 36 ACP countries, in Kigali, Rwanda. This ICReport provides a comprehensive overview of the Conference, and reflects upon the critical topics examined throughout the two days of  interactive panel discussion and debate, including: Gender-sensitive industrial policies The […]

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Business environment reforms for youth employment in ACP countries: lowering barriers to employment and recruitment
ICReports
Youth's Economic Empowerment
This report discusses potential business environment reforms (BER) that present opportunities for advancing youth employment across African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The ACP countries face a significant challenge in this regard, and policymakers play a crucial role in crafting a business environment that actively supports youth employment. The report offers four broad business environment […]

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Business Environment Reforms and the Care Economy: The Case of Childcare and Parental Leave Policies
ICReports
Business Regulation and Policy
Learn More: Care Economy Policies Webinar Care economy is an integral part of Business Environment Reforms (BER). It is central to advance Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). In its broad definition, the term care economy encompasses labour and services that support caregiving in all its forms. It includes both unpaid and paid care work, for instance […]

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Supporting Diaspora Entrepreneurship To Boost ACP Country Development
ICReports
Business Regulation and Policy
This report focuses on how African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries can benefit from the resources of the diaspora to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It is written as part of the series of reports on “Innovative approaches to support entrepreneurs”. The report finds that, in addition to innovative tools such as crowdfunding and […]

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Annual report 2022-2023
Annual Report
Business Regulation and Policy
Read about our activities from September 2022 to August 2023

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Annual Report 2021-2022
Annual Report
Business Regulation and Policy
This Progress Report reflects the progress on the activities of the ICR Facility achieved until August 2022, with a particular focus on the period 1 September 2021–31 August 2022. The ICR Facility is implemented through three Output Areas. In Output Area 1  Implementation of demand-based interventions was in full swing throughout the year. High numbers […]

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Business Environment Reforms to Support Women-Owned Businesses in ACP Countries
ICReports
Women's Economic Empowerment
Legal, Administrative And Policy Reforms To Access Finance And Manage Businesses Executive Summary: Business creation and business revenue growth is a crucial engine of economic growth and job creation. Investing in women is not only a moral imperative; it is good business. Taking action now to advance gender equality can add $13 trillion to global Gross Domestic Product […]

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Ferramentas De Reforma Do Ambiente De Negócio
ICR Stories
Business Regulation and Policy
Ferramentas para a Reforma do Ambiente Empresarial A Caixa de Ferramentas do ICR foi especialmente concebida para decisores políticos e organizações empresariais dos países de África, Caraíbas e Pacífico (ACP), estando igualmente aberta a qualquer país interessado, e tem como objectivo responder aos desafios comuns enfrentados por aqueles que trabalham no desenvolvimento de um ambiente […]

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Honour Loans: A Comprehensive Mechanism to Foster Development by Supporting MSMEs
ICReports
Access to Finance
The honour loans mechanism is a multidimensional one combining financing free of interest or requirement for securities or guarantees, with support to entrepreneurs. It has several benefits for entrepreneurs: Firstly, it finances their development, serving as seed funds and strengthening their project’s equity. It can therefore create financial leverage with microcredit or banking loans. Secondly, it can help […]

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Crowdfunding: an Opportunity to Increase Access to Finance for MSMEs in ACP Countries
ICReports
Business Regulation and Policy
Executive Summary Access to finance is amongst the main challenges faced by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in creating and growing their business in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Meanwhile, crowdfunding is disrupting the financial services industry by democratising access to capital for individuals and businesses and revolutionising the way they interact with […]

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Tools for Reforming the Business Environment – The Investment Climate Reform Toolbox
Past Events
Business Regulation and Policy
In this online event, we introduce our new ICR Toolbox. The ICR Toolbox is written for policy-makers and the business membership organisations in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and beyond, and is designed to respond to common challenges faced by those working to develop a business environment for a thriving, inclusive, and sustainable private […]

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