Nepal & IFC -- 2010

• International Finance Corporation (IFC) is partnering with DFID to help the Government of Nepal to ease regulatory constraint and red tapes for allowing more private sector investments in Nepal.
• This is a very encouraging news for the private sector in Nepal,however, a report release in October of 2010 by IFC shows that access to finance is the key constraint for private enterprises in the developing countries .
• With the growing popularity of social entrepreneurship and impact investing (JP Morgan recently classified it as an asset class).IFC should facilitate equity investment in Nepali SME ventures ......... IFC should support the Government of Nepal to chalk polices and acts that will draw international impact investors, patient capital and venture capitalist ....
• IFC invested micro equity ventures are making remarkable difference in India.Successful business model should be replicated in Nepal.
• IFC should support ( financially and technically) private sector to create business incubators to nurture and buttress the fledging effort of future and existing entrepreneurs.

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