Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tweet[IWS] IFC: JOBS STUDY: IFC AND HBL SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN PAKISTAN
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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International Finance Corporation (IFC)
JOBS STUDY: IFC AND HBL SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN PAKISTAN
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/5f01b500434944a8ba12bb96db028caa/Final_Pakistan.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
[full-text, 16 pages]
An in-depth study on IFC's role in creating jobs in Pakistan through financial markets investments. The key objective of the study is to gain insight into the relationship between increased access to finance and job creation among smaller firms. The results are based on a survey implemented in April 2013 which sampled 113 companies that received loans from HBL, Pakistan’s largest private sector commercial bank, in 2009.
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