Topic: International Finance Corporation

World Bank unit, MasterCard Foundation boost small loans in Africa

They'll spend $37.4 million over five years to provide microfinancing, which helps people lift themselves out of poverty by starting or expanding small businesses, sending children to school, or improving farms.

Taking care of business in South Sudan

South Sudan is one of the toughest places in East Africa to do business, according to a recent report – but if you can hack it, you have a chance to make a healthy profit.

Obama's new tack on global poverty

President Obama's speeches at the UN and his new policy for US aid show a strong pitch for leadership in lifting up the world's poor. Fortunately, his recent experience with job creation at home is helping him to look to the private sector for sustainable global growth.

Big-business Brazil taps into its young entrepreneurs

Brazil, a country familiar with big business is now nurturing a growing network of small business incubators, tapping universities for young entrepreneurs with a start-up spirit.

Chile earthquake facts: Chile vs. Haiti, in numbers

Chile earthquake facts continue to roll in and provide glaring comparisons with the quake that devastated Haiti in January.

Palm oil paradox

Meeting the demand for the ecofriendly fuel means burning rain forests. A new network offers a better way.

Rev up the small-business engine

The G-20 must remember that credit is not the only fuel needed by this driver of economic recovery.

World Bank backs massive India coal plant, calls it "clean development"