they were available, but are often denied access to financing. This impedes their creation and growth. The "financing gap …" was the subject of the OECD Global Conference on "Better Financing for Entrepreneurship & SME Growth", held in Brasilia …, Brazil in March 2006. This book presents a synthesis of the Conference discussions on the credit and equity financing gaps …

This paper sets out essential facts about the economic case for water-related investment and the financing gap. It …

The publication "provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of … economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. Based on survey …

services. In particular, it focuses on mobilizing market-based repayable financing (such as loans, bonds and equity) as a way … rapidly evolving global context and to the ongoing financial and economic crisis, and considers how innovation in financing …