The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is a triple-A rated multilateral development institution and the first to enter the capital markets in July 1947. All World Bank (IBRD) bonds support World Bank operations and sustainable development. The World Bank Treasury manages the IBRD funding program. These data include all bonds issued since first bond on July 15, 1947.

The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) generates a quarterly report to Donors. This dataset represents acronyms defined in the quarterly report, and are applicable to the ARTF program as a whole.

This dataset contains all World Bank project assessments carried out by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) since the unit was created back in the 70’s. Spanning over 30 years, the collection has more than 11,300 project assessments, covering more than 9,600 completed projects; it is perhaps the longest-running and most comprehensive project performance data collection of its kind. Learn more at http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/ratings .

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are one of the strongest drivers of economic development, innovation and employment.
Access to finance is frequently identified as a critical barrier to growth for MSMEs.Creating opportunities for MSMEs in emerging markets is a key way to advance economic development and reduce poverty.
The private and public sector can better address this matter if they have better insights about the magnitude and nature of the finance gap. Hence, sizing MSME finance gap is crucial for the governors, financiers and other private sector players to target high potential growth areas and hence more efficiently support MSME sector development.
MSME finance gap is estimated as the difference between current supply and potential demand which can potentially be addressed by financial institutions. The MSME finance gap assumes that the firms in a developing country have the same willingness and ability to borrow as their counterparts in well- developed credit markets and operate in comparable institutional environments — and that financial institutions lend at similar intensities as their benchmarked counterparts.

See http://www.smefinanceforum.org/data-sites/msme-finance-gap

This dataset contains raw response data to a nano-survey that was conducted in Indonesia and Kenya on the demand for open financial data. You can read more about the project here: (http://bit.ly/OpenDemand). A nano-survey is an innovative technology that extends a brief survey to a random sampling of internet users. Note: "NA" indicates "No Answer."

Lack of access to financial services is a key barrier to the growth of micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs). IFC is working to develop solutions to close the MSME financing gap. By partnering with many types of financial intermediaries, including microfinance institutions (MFIs), commercial banks, leasing companies, and private equity funds, IFC reaches many more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) than it could directly.

See http://smefinanceforum.org

MSME-CI presents secondary data collected by various institutions (statistical institutes, ministries, international organizations, small business promotion agencies, research institutions and others) using different methods (survey, census and others). Please read the “Description Note on the MSME Country Indicators 2014” along with the country specific comments in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators before using the data. http://msmecountryindicators.smefinanceforum.org/description.html

This dataset contains raw response data to a nano-survey that was conducted in Morocco on the right to access to information and the right to petition and motion the government. A nano-survey is an innovative technology that extends a brief survey to a random sampling of internet users. Note: "NA" or "N/A" indicates "No Answer." Sub-national location data is available for 2/3 of survey recipients. 54,441 random internet users in Morocco were exposed to a portion of this survey, with 15,020 respondents providing at least partial responses.