Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

British Business Investments operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. It does not lend or invest directly into businesses, but instead invests in finance providers who have…

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

The Enterprise Financing Facility operates within the Innovative Finance Lab (IFL), a platform created by the National Bank of Ethiopia and the United Nations Development Programme in 2022 to test…

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

VCAP operates through a fund-of-funds model—government cornerstone investments are used to leverage additional commitments from private sector partners, pension funds, banks, and provincial…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

CDP Venture Capital Sgr operates as the main national fund manager for Italy's innovation-focused investment programs. The platform manages resources through various venture capital funds, offering…

Year Introduced: 2006 | National-level

RVC is structured as a fund-of-funds, which means it invests in venture capital funds instead of making direct investments in start-ups. The process begins with RVC identifying priority technology…

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

The Ohio State Fund is an umbrella term used to describe the various state-funded mechanisms and resources dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology-driven economic…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

At its core, the Economic Freedom Act is guided by four main principles: freedom as a guarantee in the exercise of economic activities, good faith of private parties when dealing with the government…

Year Introduced: 2002 | National-level

The Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) operates as a fully integrated digital platform that manages the entire public procurement process electronically, streamlining operations for both…

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

One of the key aspects of this simplification is the reduction of classification codes for foreign exchange transactions. The Central Bank of Brazil has reduced the number of codes from 174 to 95,…

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The policy mandates that all Central Ministries, Departments, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) procure a minimum of 25% of their annual goods and services from MSEs. Within this 25%, 4% is…