Publications

	Annual Report 2007 IFC set a record in fiscal 2007 for new investment commitments. This report explores IFC's increasing development impact and provides information on its investments and other activities for the fiscal year. Français [pdf]
	Sub-Saharan Africa: 2006 Regional Report [pdf] The Sub-Saharan region has seen six consecutive years of GDP growth, including economic expansion of 4.6 percent in calendar year 2005. Later that year, IFC launched the Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa, or PEP Africa, as its primary vehicle for promoting sustainable private sector growth. Français [pdf]
	Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa For the first time in South Africa, sex disaggregated data reveals that black women are the most entrepreneurial segment of the population, yet the least likely to have access to finance. This study shatters the myth that women are less likely to repay their debts, revealing in fact the opposite.
	Annual Report 2006: Increasing Impact IFC set a record in fiscal 2006 for new investment commitments. This report explores IFC's increasing development impact and provides information on its investments and other activities for the fiscal year.

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