Working Papers

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are often praised for their important role as the drivers of economic activity. However, MSMEs often face external financing constraints that undermine their growth and hence potentially limit their welfare impacts. As such, public intervention has been used to alleviate the financing constraints facing MSMEs in both advanced and poor countries. (download)

R. Houssa

P. Reding

A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010. Results from preceding cross-sectional analyses are found to be robust: (a) rising consumptions for all but the top decile were associated with increased firewood collections, contrary to the Poverty-Environment hypothesis; (b) sources of growth matter: increased livestock was associated with increased collections, and falling household size, increased education, non-farm business assets and road connectivity with reduced. (download)

J.M. Baland

This study provides an analysis to help DGD to identify potential pathways to improve its current international reporting practices on climate-related development finance at the federal and regional governance level. This paper presents a conceptual framework to analyze the reporting and mapping of climate finance. In particular, the paper discusses the most relevant concepts and definitions with respect to climate-related development finance. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of the most important methodologies. (download) 

K. Bachus

Now that the major international public debt relief initiatives for low-income countries, that gained momentum from the mid-1990s onwards, are coming to an end, the time seems ripe to reflect on their legacy and to cast some light on the future. The aim of this report is therefore twofold. First, it summarises the body of evidence on the evolution and effects of past debt relief efforts, with a focus on the relief granted to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs). Second, the report documents a number of (post-relief) trends in development financing and (existing and proposed). (download)

D. Cassimon