3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 28
5 min readJul 20, 2021
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
IFC and World Bank
- (12.07.21) South Africa Needs Emergency Action to Create Jobs, World Bank Says | BNN Bloomberg
- (12.07.21) IFC provides Thailand’s First Sustainable Loan to RATCH Group for Investments in Hydropower and Affordable Healthcare | IFC
- (12.07.21) Preserving Macroeconomic Stability, Revitalizing Jobs and Improving Investment Climate Critical for South Africa’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery | The World Bank
- (13.07.21) World Bank Prices CAD 600 Million Sustainable Development Bond | The World Bank
- (13.07.21) South Africa Invests in Biodiversity to Promote Rural Development and Conservation | The World Bank
- (14.07.21) IFC, Microsoft Partner to Decarbonize Tech Supply Chain in Emerging Markets | IFC
- (14.07.21) World Bank trims East Asia, Pacific 2021 GDP forecast excluding China | KFGO
- (15.07.21) IFC Invests in Bond to Support Access to Affordable Housing in Tanzania | IFC
- (15.07.21) African Heads of State Call for an Ambitious Replenishment of the IDA20 to Support Their Recovery Agenda | The World Bank
- (16.07.21) VIDEO: African leaders seek $100 billion from World Bank fund to finance economic recovery | Africanews
IFC / CDC Group / SIFEM
World Bank / IMF
World Bank / ADB
ADB
- (12.07.21) ADB Grant to Strengthen COVID-19 Response in Mongolia | Asian Development Bank
- (13.07.21) Q&A: Ayako Inagaki on ADB’s COVID-19 Support to Southeast Asia | The Edge Markets
- (13.07.21) VIDEO: How Cofinancing Spurs Private Investments in Climate Solutions and Gender Equity across Asia and the Pacific | Asian Development Bank
- (15.07.21) ADB OKs P1.1 billion grant to hasten transition to clean energy in Philippines | Philstar
- (16.07.21) VIDEO: Asian Impact 28: Recent Financial Conditions in Emerging East Asia and Real Time Macroeconomic Monitoring | Asian Development Bank
- (16.07.21) VIDEO: SDG Dialogues: Private Investments in the SDGs | Asian Development Bank
AfDB
- (12.07.21) New hydropower project for Gabon backed by AfDB | ESI Africa
- (12.07.21) Ghana: African Development Bank Group-financed road interchange opens, trade and incomes expected up | Africanews
- (13.07.21) AfDB approves grant to kick start Desert to Power programme in Africa | ESI Africa
- (13.07.21) Mozambique: Adb Supports Rehabilitation of Machipanda Line | allAfrica
- (13.07.21) The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa reports record number of transactions in 2020, secures $90 million in new funding | African Development Bank
- (15.07.21) ‘AfDB driving private sector investment in Nigeria’ | The Guardian Nigeria News
- (15.07.21) AfDB approves $50m women finance for FCMB | The Nation
- (16.07.21) Fitch Affirms African Development Bank at ‘AAA’; Outlook Stable | Fitch Ratings
- (17.07.21) Why logistics will power AfCFTA and Africa’s e-Commerce export potential | The Guardian Nigeria News
- (17.07.21) African Development Bank : Close partnership between India and Africa could improve the welfare of 2.5 billion people post Covid-19, participants at 2021 Indo-Africa business conclave say | Market Screener
EIB
- (13.07.21) Bill Gates and the EIB: A new model to accelerate green innovation | EIB
- (15.07.21) ZAMBIA: EIB and KFW finance liquid sanitation in Lusaka | Afrik 21
EBRD
AIIB
- (13.07.21) VIDEO: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Chair on Asia’s Climate Priorities | Bloomberg
- (15.07.21) AIIB Supports Resilience and Recovery of Private Sector in Rwanda | AIIB
- (16.07.21) China-backed AIIB makes first move into sub-Saharan Africa | Nikkei Asia
CDC
- (13.07.21) Deeptech investor pi Ventures Fund I qualified under the “2X Challenge” by CDC Group | Data Quest India
- (14.07.21) CDC announces $30 million trade finance loan to City Bank in Bangladesh | CDC Group
- (15.07.21) CDC Group announces US$50m trade finance facility with Ecobank as part of its Covid-19 response | CDC Group
- (15.07.21) CDC backs affordable housing platform in South Africa | Africa Global Funds
DFC
- (12.07.21) US development lender commits US$225mn to Sri Lanka banks | EconomyNext
- (12.07.21) US provides $ 150 m to DFCC Bank to facilitate inclusive growth of local MSMEs | Daily FT
- (15.07.21) REPORT: Recommendations for India-US Development Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific | ORF
DFC / Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Swedfund
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (13.07.21) Financial inclusion being furthered across Nigeria | World Finance
- (14.07.21) How to include microbusinesses in economic growth strategies | Brookings
- (17.07.21) Cryptocurrencies are taking the developing world by storm, with more users now in Nigeria than in the US — 2 experts lay out how bitcoin is changing emerging-market finance | Currency News | Financial and Business News | Markets Insider
Misc Technology
- (11.07.21) Investors in China, Looking At Other Markets as IPO Scrutiny Builds | Entrepreneur
- (12.07.21) How Fintech Firms Are Driving Financial Inclusion In India | BW Disrupt
- (12.07.21) Greenhouse Lab launches pan-African fintech accelerator | Finextra
- (13.07.21) Africa’s 4 $1b fintech unicorns could pave the way for startups | Quartz Africa
- (14.07.21) Tackling financial inclusion: financial services that work for everyone | Finextra
- (14.07.21) How should a new FinTech be allocating their resources? | Finextra
- (15.07.21) Indian startup Aquaconnect raises USD 4 million in latest funding round | Seafood Source
- (16.07.21) Fintso releases report on Financial Inclusion in India | IBS Intelligence
- (17.07.21) Jupiter Identifies Major Fintech Growth in Emerging Markets | The Fintech Times
Misc Gender
- (13.07.21) VIDEO: Melinda French Gates invests in Female Founders Fund’s new $57 million fund | Fortune
- (14.07.21) Asia’s wealthy heirs, family offices bet on women in business with ‘gender lens’ investing | South China Morning Post
- (16.07.21) Why venture capital should commit to gender balance | World Economic Forum
Misc Sustainability
- (11.07.21) Yellen Targets Curbs on Development Bank Support for Fossil Fuel | BNN Bloomberg
- (11.07.21) BlackRock CEO calls for stronger climate finance plan at G20 meet | Reuters
- (13.07.21) Investing in start-ups scales the offering of climate adaptation solutions in African and South Asian countries | EIT Climate-KIC
- (13.07.21) Egypt studying sustainable development bonds — finance minister | Nasdaq
- (14.07.21) Next frontier of sustainable investing: Measuring impact, Wealth & Investing | The Business Times
- (14.07.21) VIDEO: Al Gore on Sustainable Investing, Biden’s Climate Policy | Bloomberg
- (14.07.21) ESG fever: share of sustainable fund trading soaring in 2021 | Reuters
- (15.07.21) Why patience is a virtue in the race to reach net zero | World Economic Forum
- (17.07.21) How economic growth must be consistent with sustainable investing | Gulf Business
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- (12.07.21) Wealthy Families Lead Charge Into Gender Lens Investing in Asia | Bloomberg
- (13.07.21) Why Former Executives Warn of False Gains in ESG Frenzy | Bloomberg
- (15.07.21) China Buys Friends With Ports and Roads. Now the U.S. Is Trying to Compete | Wall Street Journal
- (17.07.21) Impact investing turns mainstream amid growing interest in Asia, says LeapFrog partner | Deal Street Asia
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