Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience

This book of SmartLessons is a compendium of our knowledge on implementing corporate governance projects. The lessons represent an impressive body of work, with individual contributions written by our staff—the people who really know what they are talking about, because they are out there, engage...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGENCY COSTS AGENCY PROBLEMS AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEES BAD GOVERNANCE BALANCE SHEET BANK POLICY BOND BOOK VALUE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH FLOWS COMPOSITE MEASURES CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSENSUS CORE BUSINESSES CORPORATE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE CHARTERS CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE CORPORATE INVESTMENT CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE LAW CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COST OF CAPITAL COST OF EQUITY COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY-LEVEL INVESTOR CREDITORS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCIPLINARY MECHANISMS DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DIVIDEND DIVIDEND PAYOUT DIVIDEND PAYOUTS DIVIDEND POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EFFECT OF GOVERNANCE EFFICIENT MARKET EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY HOLDERS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY PRICES EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS EXTERNAL FINANCE FAIR VALUE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ECONOMICS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM ASSETS FIRM GOVERNANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM VALUATION FIRM-LEVEL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FIRM-LEVEL GOVERNANCE FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANK ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FORM OF GOVERNANCE GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENTS GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICES GOVERNANCE MEASURE GOVERNANCE MEASURES GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE RATINGS GOVERNANCE REGULATION GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS GOVERNANCE STANDARDS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES GROUP-INVESTMENTS INCOME INDIVIDUAL FIRM INFORMATION FLOW INFORMED INVESTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSTRUMENT INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT POLICIES INVESTOR PROTECTION LEGAL CHANGE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL FORM LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL PROTECTION LEGALITY LOANS TO GROUP MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET INEFFICIENCY MARKET INFORMATION MARKET LIQUIDITY MARKET PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE MARKET RETURNS MARKET VALUATION MARKET VALUATIONS MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MINORITY SHAREHOLDER MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONS MINORITY SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS MISMANAGEMENT OIL PRICE OUTPUT OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES PERFORMANCE DATA PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE POSITIVE COEFFICIENT PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PROXY VOTING PUBLIC INFORMATION REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS REPRESENTATIVES REPUTATION RETURN RETURN ON ASSETS REVERSE CAUSALITY SECURITIES SECURITIES LAWS SENIOR MANAGEMENT SHARE PRICE SHARE PRICES SHARE TRADING SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS STOCK MARKET STOCK PRICE STOCK PRICES STOCK RETURNS STOCKS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER VALUE OF ASSETS WARRANTS
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGENCY COSTS AGENCY PROBLEMS AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEES BAD GOVERNANCE BALANCE SHEET BANK POLICY BOND BOOK VALUE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH FLOWS COMPOSITE MEASURES CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSENSUS CORE BUSINESSES CORPORATE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE CHARTERS CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE CORPORATE INVESTMENT CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE LAW CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COST OF CAPITAL COST OF EQUITY COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY-LEVEL INVESTOR CREDITORS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCIPLINARY MECHANISMS DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DIVIDEND DIVIDEND PAYOUT DIVIDEND PAYOUTS DIVIDEND POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EFFECT OF GOVERNANCE EFFICIENT MARKET EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY HOLDERS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY PRICES EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS EXTERNAL FINANCE FAIR VALUE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ECONOMICS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM ASSETS FIRM GOVERNANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM VALUATION FIRM-LEVEL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FIRM-LEVEL GOVERNANCE FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANK ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FORM OF GOVERNANCE GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENTS GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICES GOVERNANCE MEASURE GOVERNANCE MEASURES GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE RATINGS GOVERNANCE REGULATION GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS GOVERNANCE STANDARDS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES GROUP-INVESTMENTS INCOME INDIVIDUAL FIRM INFORMATION FLOW INFORMED INVESTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSTRUMENT INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT POLICIES INVESTOR PROTECTION LEGAL CHANGE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL FORM LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL PROTECTION LEGALITY LOANS TO GROUP MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET INEFFICIENCY MARKET INFORMATION MARKET LIQUIDITY MARKET PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE MARKET RETURNS MARKET VALUATION MARKET VALUATIONS MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MINORITY SHAREHOLDER MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONS MINORITY SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS MISMANAGEMENT OIL PRICE OUTPUT OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES PERFORMANCE DATA PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE POSITIVE COEFFICIENT PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PROXY VOTING PUBLIC INFORMATION REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS REPRESENTATIVES REPUTATION RETURN RETURN ON ASSETS REVERSE CAUSALITY SECURITIES SECURITIES LAWS SENIOR MANAGEMENT SHARE PRICE SHARE PRICES SHARE TRADING SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS STOCK MARKET STOCK PRICE STOCK PRICES STOCK RETURNS STOCKS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER VALUE OF ASSETS WARRANTS
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGENCY COSTS AGENCY PROBLEMS AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEES BAD GOVERNANCE BALANCE SHEET BANK POLICY BOND BOOK VALUE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH FLOWS COMPOSITE MEASURES CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSENSUS CORE BUSINESSES CORPORATE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE CHARTERS CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE CORPORATE INVESTMENT CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE LAW CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COST OF CAPITAL COST OF EQUITY COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY-LEVEL INVESTOR CREDITORS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCIPLINARY MECHANISMS DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DIVIDEND DIVIDEND PAYOUT DIVIDEND PAYOUTS DIVIDEND POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EFFECT OF GOVERNANCE EFFICIENT MARKET EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY HOLDERS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY PRICES EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS EXTERNAL FINANCE FAIR VALUE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ECONOMICS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM ASSETS FIRM GOVERNANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM VALUATION FIRM-LEVEL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FIRM-LEVEL GOVERNANCE FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANK ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FORM OF GOVERNANCE GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENTS GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICES GOVERNANCE MEASURE GOVERNANCE MEASURES GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE RATINGS GOVERNANCE REGULATION GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS GOVERNANCE STANDARDS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES GROUP-INVESTMENTS INCOME INDIVIDUAL FIRM INFORMATION FLOW INFORMED INVESTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSTRUMENT INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT POLICIES INVESTOR PROTECTION LEGAL CHANGE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL FORM LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL PROTECTION LEGALITY LOANS TO GROUP MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET INEFFICIENCY MARKET INFORMATION MARKET LIQUIDITY MARKET PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE MARKET RETURNS MARKET VALUATION MARKET VALUATIONS MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MINORITY SHAREHOLDER MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONS MINORITY SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS MISMANAGEMENT OIL PRICE OUTPUT OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES PERFORMANCE DATA PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE POSITIVE COEFFICIENT PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PROXY VOTING PUBLIC INFORMATION REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS REPRESENTATIVES REPUTATION RETURN RETURN ON ASSETS REVERSE CAUSALITY SECURITIES SECURITIES LAWS SENIOR MANAGEMENT SHARE PRICE SHARE PRICES SHARE TRADING SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS STOCK MARKET STOCK PRICE STOCK PRICES STOCK RETURNS STOCKS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER VALUE OF ASSETS WARRANTS International Finance Corporation Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
relation	IFC SmartLessons;
description	This book of SmartLessons is a compendium of our knowledge on implementing corporate governance projects. The lessons represent an impressive body of work, with individual contributions written by our staff—the people who really know what they are talking about, because they are out there, engaged in the work on a day-to-day basis. It reflects the evolution of our project approach as the world has changed. In the early years of our work, efforts focused on the newly independent and newly market-driven nations of the former Soviet Union. More recently, projects have addressed the sometimes rocky road to stability for emerging market countries as they struggle to regain economic momentum in the wake of the global financial crisis. Meanwhile, new opportunities and new challenges lie ahead as events in the Middle East and North Africa underscore the broader importance of IFC’s core mission to drive job creation and economic development by supporting expansion of well-governed, sustainable, and thriving private sectors.
format	Brief
author	International Finance Corporation
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title	Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
title_short	Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
title_full	Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
title_fullStr	Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
title_full_unstemmed	Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience
title_sort	track record : lessons from ifc's corporate governance experience
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956291468183284939/Track-record-lessons-from-IFCs-corporate-governance-experience-IFC-advisory-services-in-sustainable-business http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27889
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spelling	okr-10986-278892021-04-23T14:04:42Z Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience International Finance Corporation ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGENCY COSTS AGENCY PROBLEMS AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEES BAD GOVERNANCE BALANCE SHEET BANK POLICY BOND BOOK VALUE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH FLOWS COMPOSITE MEASURES CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSENSUS CORE BUSINESSES CORPORATE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE CHARTERS CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BEHAVIOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE CORPORATE INVESTMENT CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE LAW CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COST OF CAPITAL COST OF EQUITY COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY-LEVEL INVESTOR CREDITORS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCIPLINARY MECHANISMS DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DIVIDEND DIVIDEND PAYOUT DIVIDEND PAYOUTS DIVIDEND POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EFFECT OF GOVERNANCE EFFICIENT MARKET EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY HOLDERS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY PRICES EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS EXTERNAL FINANCE FAIR VALUE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ECONOMICS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM ASSETS FIRM GOVERNANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM VALUATION FIRM-LEVEL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FIRM-LEVEL GOVERNANCE FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANK ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FORM OF GOVERNANCE GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENTS GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICES GOVERNANCE MEASURE GOVERNANCE MEASURES GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE RATINGS GOVERNANCE REGULATION GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS GOVERNANCE STANDARDS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES GROUP-INVESTMENTS INCOME INDIVIDUAL FIRM INFORMATION FLOW INFORMED INVESTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSTRUMENT INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT POLICIES INVESTOR PROTECTION LEGAL CHANGE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL FORM LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL PROTECTION LEGALITY LOANS TO GROUP MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET INEFFICIENCY MARKET INFORMATION MARKET LIQUIDITY MARKET PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE MARKET RETURNS MARKET VALUATION MARKET VALUATIONS MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MINORITY SHAREHOLDER MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION MINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONS MINORITY SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS MISMANAGEMENT OIL PRICE OUTPUT OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES PERFORMANCE DATA PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GOVERNANCE POSITIVE COEFFICIENT PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PROXY VOTING PUBLIC INFORMATION REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS REPRESENTATIVES REPUTATION RETURN RETURN ON ASSETS REVERSE CAUSALITY SECURITIES SECURITIES LAWS SENIOR MANAGEMENT SHARE PRICE SHARE PRICES SHARE TRADING SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS STOCK MARKET STOCK PRICE STOCK PRICES STOCK RETURNS STOCKS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER VALUE OF ASSETS WARRANTS This book of SmartLessons is a compendium of our knowledge on implementing corporate governance projects. The lessons represent an impressive body of work, with individual contributions written by our staff—the people who really know what they are talking about, because they are out there, engaged in the work on a day-to-day basis. It reflects the evolution of our project approach as the world has changed. In the early years of our work, efforts focused on the newly independent and newly market-driven nations of the former Soviet Union. More recently, projects have addressed the sometimes rocky road to stability for emerging market countries as they struggle to regain economic momentum in the wake of the global financial crisis. Meanwhile, new opportunities and new challenges lie ahead as events in the Middle East and North Africa underscore the broader importance of IFC’s core mission to drive job creation and economic development by supporting expansion of well-governed, sustainable, and thriving private sectors. 2017-08-16T19:56:18Z 2017-08-16T19:56:18Z 2011 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956291468183284939/Track-record-lessons-from-IFCs-corporate-governance-experience-IFC-advisory-services-in-sustainable-business http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27889 English en_US IFC SmartLessons; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research

Track Record : Lessons from IFC's Corporate Governance Experience

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