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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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Access to Finance Business Regulation and Policy Women's Economic Empowerment Youth's Economic Empowerment

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Africa Carribean Pacific

Empowering Women through Agroforestry Value Chains in Rwanda

ICR Stories

Women's Economic Empowerment

In 2022, we published a blog post recounting a field study conducted in the Bugesera and Rulindo regions of Rwanda. Our ICR intervention aimed to interact with producers and stakeholders from fifteen agroforestry value chains to assess the business environment of these and gain insights to further develop them. Through this intervention, we partnered with […]

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Green Economy Resilience and Recovery Women's Economic Empowerment Youth's Economic Empowerment

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Rwanda

Business Environment Reforms and the Care Economy: The Case of Childcare and Parental Leave Policies

ICReports

Business Regulation and Policy

Register for our upcoming event here 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 […]

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Business Regulation and Policy Women's Economic Empowerment

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

Annual report 2022-2023

Annual Report

Business Regulation and Policy

Read about our activities from September 2022 to August 2023

Topics:

Access to Finance Business Regulation and Policy Green Economy Investment Policy Resilience and Recovery Small and Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups Social Economy Women's Economic Empowerment Youth's Economic Empowerment

Language:

English

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

Trends in Gender Finance in DFIs in Caribbean and Pacific Region

Past Events

Access to Finance

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have a key role to play in promoting gender responsive finance and women’s economic empowerment (WEE). While the initiatives of multilateral banks are well-documented and communicated via events and publications, visibility of the efforts of national and sub-regional DFIs on this topic is low. Gender finance is not commonly highlighted on their websites […]

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Access to Finance Development Finance Institutions Investment Policy Women's Economic Empowerment

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English

Regions:

Carribean Pacific

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 Regulation and Policy Green Economy Investment Policy Public Private Dialogue Resilience and Recovery Small and Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups Social Economy Women's Economic Empowerment Youth's Economic Empowerment

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English

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

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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Business Regulation and Policy Women's Economic Empowerment

Regions:

Africa

Promoting Women’s Organisations into Public-Private Dialogues in order to Foster Women’s Economic Empowerment in ACP Countries

ICReports

Public Private Dialogue

Executive Summary: This report focuses on how to support the creation, growth and sustainability of women’s business associations (WBA) and women’s chapters in chambers of commerce. Secondly, it shows how these women’s organizations can positively promote women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and thus sustainable economic growth in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries by advocating for their needs […]

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Public Private Dialogue Women's Economic Empowerment

Language:

English

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

Business Environment Reforms to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women in the Labour Market: Evidence from ACP Countries

ICReports

Women's Economic Empowerment

Business Environment Reforms To Promote Equal Opportunities For Women In The Labour Market: Evidence From ACP Countries Executive Summary Women are more likely to be unemployed, be economically inactive, work in the informal sector, and to have temporary or more precarious employment than men. A mix of social norms, time scarcity – in particular due to unpaid care […]

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Women's Economic Empowerment

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

Annual report 2020-2021

Annual Report

Access to Finance

Read about our activities from September 2020 to August 2021

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Language:

English

Regions:

Africa Carribean Pacific

Investment Climate Reform Toolbox

Business Regulation and Policy

Tools for Reforming the Business Environment 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 sector. It includes straightforward, […]

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Business Regulation and Policy Green Economy Women's Economic Empowerment

Language:

English

Take Action Now: Rally for Inclusive Youth Employment through Business Environment Reforms

ICR Story

Women's Economic Empowerment

Meet Mariama, a highly qualified young professional, who has decided to work in the UK, instead of Ghana, the country where she was trained. Her diverse professional and voluntary journey has enabled her to hone her skills in customer service, business administration and community outreach. Despite her skills and experience, Mariama struggled to find employment […]

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Business environment reforms for youth employment in ACP countries: lowering barriers to employment and recruitment

Empowering Women through Agroforestry Value Chains in Rwanda

Business Environment Reforms and the Care Economy: The Case of Childcare and Parental Leave Policies

Annual report 2022-2023

Trends in Gender Finance in DFIs in Caribbean and Pacific Region

Annual Report 2021-2022

Business Environment Reforms to Support Women-Owned Businesses in ACP Countries

Promoting Women’s Organisations into Public-Private Dialogues in order to Foster Women’s Economic Empowerment in ACP Countries

Business Environment Reforms to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women in the Labour Market: Evidence from ACP Countries

Annual report 2020-2021

Investment Climate Reform Toolbox

Take Action Now: Rally for Inclusive Youth Employment through Business Environment Reforms

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