A Synthesis Evaluation of Four IFC-Supported Small and Medium Enterprise Facilities
This report summarizes the findings of evaluations of four small- and medium-scale enterprise (SME) facilities sponsored and managed by International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the development of small businesses. It examines five broad i...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/262931493198471872/A-synthesis-evaluation-of-four-IFC-supported-small-and-medium-enterprise-facilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26512 |
| Summary: | This report summarizes the findings of
evaluations of four small- and medium-scale enterprise (SME)
facilities sponsored and managed by International Finance
Corporation (IFC) to support the development of small
businesses. It examines five broad issues. First, it
considers relevance, i.e., whether the facilities’ efforts
are justified by their likely impact on development. Second,
it considers efficacy and impact, i.e., the extent to which
the facilities are contributing to the development of
sustainable SMEs and business service providers and to
improvements in the business climate. Third, it considers
efficiency, i.e., the facilities’ own efficiency in
providing services and the extent to which the benefits
generated justify the overall costs and the subsidies
provided. Fourth, it considers the sustainability of the
services provided by the facilities and by the business
service providers the facilities support. Fifth, it
considers some structural and administrative issues,
including collaboration among the facilities and with other
parts of the World Bank Group; management information
systems and reporting; and learning from experience. The
study is based primarily on Operations Evaluation Group
(OEG)-directed evaluations of four facilities still
supported by IFC that are sufficiently mature for
evaluation. The individual evaluation reports, which outline
the methodologies used, are available on OEG’s website (www.ifc.org/oeg). |
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