Insights & Reports

Actionable economic research to help unlock sustainable private investment in Emerging Markets.

Innovation in Green Technologies

Learn how emerging markets are leading green tech trade, reducing pollution, cutting emissions, and creating opportunities for investors!


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How Private Capital—By and For Women—Can Be Good for Business

Learn how private equity and venture capital can drive funding to women-owned and -led businesses by having more women at the investment decision-making table.


Trade Finance in Central America and Mexico

Expanding access to low-cost trade finance could boost goods trade as much as 9 percent in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, new joint research from the International Finance Corporation and World Trade Organization finds.


Financing Firm Growth: The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Discover how equity and bond markets foster growth in developing economies, contributing $4 trillion in capital and generating 5 percent more jobs over three decades.


Emerging Market Green Bonds 2024

The seventh edition of the IFC-Amundi Green Bond report shows green, sustainability, sustainability-linked and social (GSSS) bond issuance hit a record $1 trillion in 2024, a 3 percent advance on the previous year. 


 Digital Opportunities in African Businesses

African firms seeking to increase their use of technology face a number of challenges including a higher cost of adoption compared with other regions. A new book by IFC researchers highlights what can be done to enable African businesses to take full advantage of digitalization, from investing in new infrastructure to funding tech startups.

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Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD)

Each CPSD examines a country's business environment and analyzes key sectors where private investment could drive growth with the right policies and regulations.

Emerging Market Insights

Research notes tracking investment and business trends in emerging and developing countries.

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Meet our Researchers

 

Paolo Mauro
Director, Economic and Market Research Department, IFC
Washington D.C.

Dilek Aykut
Principal Economist, Macro and Market Risk
Washington D.C.

Jeff Chelsky
Manager, Private Sector Diagnostics Unit
Washington D.C.

Ernesto Lopez Cordova
Lead Economist, Country Diagnostics
Washington D.C.

Chiara Criscuolo
Principal Economist, Economic and Market Research
Paris

Marcio Cruz
Principal Economist, Economic Research Unit
Washington D.C.

Arti Grover
Principal Economist , Economic Research
Washington D.C.

Ralf Martin
Principal Economist, Economic and Market Research
Paris

Cesaire Meh
Manager, Macro and Market Risk
Washington D.C.

Sephooko Ignatius Motelle
Principal Economist
Washington D.C.

Davide Strusani
Principal Economist, Development Impact Measurement
Washington D.C.

Girum Abebe Tefera
Principal Economist, Development Impact Measurement
Washington D.C.