Tag: Europe

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ERDF renewable energy loans in Pomorskie, Poland

This fi-compass case study describes the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Loan Fund, launched in 2019 under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Operational Program

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ESF+ financial instruments. Handbook

This handbook provides comprehensive guidance on setting up and implementing financial instruments under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to support employment, education and s

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Combining ESF+ financial instruments with grants

This factsheet describes how ESF+ financial instruments can be combined with grants. By combining grants with financial instruments, managing authorities can address market failure

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Microfinance as a Tool to Support Europe’s Missing Entrepreneurs

A new research paper on Microfinance as a Tool to Support Europe’s Missing Entrepreneurs from CEB introduces a simple theoretical framework - the Entrepreneurship Pyramid - to be

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Technical Needs Assessment Among Entrepreneurial Households and Micro-/Smallholder Farmers in the Agricultural Production and Processing Sector in Armenia

The German Sparkassenstiftung (German Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, DSIK) was commissioned by the German Government to implement a regional program in the

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Fairness in Algorithmic Decision Systems: A Microfinance Perspective

This Working Paper is the first paper resulting from a research project on "Strengthening Financial Inclusion through Digitalization: (SFIDE). The project aims to investigate the p

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