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Tweet[IWS] IFC: JOBS STUDY: IFC AND FRANSABANK SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN LEBANON [March 2014]
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International Finance Corporation (IFC)
JOBS STUDY: IFC AND FRANSABANK SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN LEBANON
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/958ee1004349437db9fdb996db028caa/Final_Lebanon.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
[full-text, 12 pages]
An in-depth study on IFC's role in creating jobs through financial markets investments in Lebanon. The key objectives of this study are to measure the job impact on small and medium enterprises in regards to access to finance, and to understand the broader development outcomes facilitated by engagements in the financial sector. The results are based on a survey implemented in March 2013 which sampled 73 companies that received loans from IFC investment client, Fransabank, between 2008 and 2011.
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