3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 29
5 min readJul 27, 2021
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
IFC and World Bank
- (-.07.21) Creating a Green Future, One Building at a Time | IFC
- (19.07.21) IFC to Focus on COVID and Climate Finance to Help South Asia’s Post-COVID Economic Recovery Efforts: IFC’s New Regional Director | IFC
- (19.07.21) A Stronger Private Sector Could Help Jumpstart Economic Growth in Malawi: World Bank Group Report | IFC
- (19.07.21) Project Signing: World Bank Signs $125 Million Program to Support a Green and Resilient Kerala | The World Bank
- (20.07.21) Digital Demand Drives Annual IFC Commitments in Telecoms, Media and Tech to US$1 Billion | IFC
- (20.07.21) IFC grants $300mln to make Côte d’Ivoire a “health hub” in West Africa | Ecofin Agency
- (22.07.21) Partnership with Private Sector is Key in Closing Rwanda’s Infrastructure Gap | The World Bank
- (22.07.21) World Bank Approves New Reference Rates for Existing and New Loans in Preparation for End of LIBOR | The World Bank
- (23.07.21) Union Bank of the Philippines to Issue First Social Bond with Investment from IFC | IFC
- (23.07.21) South Africa: New World Bank Group Partnership Framework Supports Socio-Economic Transformation for an Inclusive, Resilient Society | The World Bank
- (25.07.21) IFC and HDFC Partner to Promote Affordable Green Housing Finance for Low-income Borrowers in India | IFC
ADB
- (19.07.21) ADB Boosts Climate Resilience in Health Systems of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam | Asian Development Bank
- (22.07.21) ADB pushes green financing for MSMEs | Philstar
- (23.07.21) VIDEO: ADB Webinar: ADB’s Development Effectiveness in 2020 — Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic | Asian Development Bank
AfDB
- (19.07.21) Mauritania gets €10m from AfDB for economic recovery | Apanews.net
- (21.07.21) Lesotho: African Development Fund extends $4.25 million loan to modernize tax collection, boost revenue | Africanews
- (22.07.21) African Development Bank launches $2.75 billion 0.875% Global Benchmark due 22 July 2026 | African Development Bank
- (22.07.21) African Development Bank Group, Ethiopia, sign $118 million in grant agreements to support agro industrial park, youth employment and Ethiopia-Djibouti power interconnection | African Development Bank
- (22.07.21) Fitch affirms Triple A-rating of the African Development Bank, Outlook stable | Africanews
- (23.07.21) Seychelles: African Development Bank approves $20 million loan to support Covid-19 recovery | Africanews
- (23.07.21) Off-grid solar access solutions for Africa identified in report | IPP Media
EIB
- (18.07.21) Zambia receives US $160M for Lusaka Sanitation Programme | Pumps Africa
- (20.07.21) VIDEO: Scaling-up off-grid solar across Africa — EIB and International Solar Alliance study identifies solutions to unlock energy access for 120 million households | EIB
- (22.07.21) EIB Corporate Digitalisation Index 2020/2021: Most EU countries are trailing the United States in digitalisation | Science Business
- (22.07.21) VIDEO: RES4Africa, Enel Green Power and the EIB encourage African youth to find green energy solutions to community challenges | EIB
EBRD
AIIB
- (20.07.21) AIIB to finance Wasa’s two mega projects | The News
- (23.07.21) AIIB Approves $50 Million Loan for Enel Green Energy’s 300 MW Solar Project — Mercom India
- (24.07.21) Rwanda’s US$100 Million Loan approved AIIB | Belt & Road News
CDC
FMO
IFU
PROPARCO
- (20.07.21) Metier-led consortium invests US$36 million into AMN to expand coverage in remote rural Africa | Proparco
- (22.07.21) Proparco and Ecobank increase support for MSMEs in Ghana | Proparco
- (23.07.21) Proparco partners with impact manager Incofin IM to invest in the Indian rural economy | Proparco
Swedfund
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (19.07.21) VIDEO: How decentralized finance will transform business financial services | World Economic Forum | World Economic Forum
- (19.07.21) European impact investors invest Series A money in Light Microfinance | VCCircle
- (21.07.21) Financial inclusion of citizen is key for inclusive development: RBI regional director Nikhila | Times of India
- (22.07.21) Mirae Asset launches Nifty Financial Services ETF | The Economic Times
- (22.07.21) A Force For Good: Impact Investing And The Power Of Communications In Asia | Forbes
- (23.07.21) How blended finance can support India’s Covid-19 recovery | The Times of India
- (23.07.21) For entrepreneurs, the value of impact investing goes well beyond dollars and cents | Canadian Business
- (24.07.21) Nonprofit Impact Fund’s Next Move: A For-Profit Spinoff | Forbes
Misc Technology
- (21.07.21) Tangerine Deepens Financial Inclusion With Tech-driven Solutions | Leadership
- (21.07.21) 3 Cambodian FinTech start-ups disrupting the nation’s financial sector | IBS Intelligence
- (21.07.21) Orange Submits Interest for Stake in Ethio Telecom | IT News Africa
- (24.07.21) Get to Grips with Artificial Intelligence in African Fintech | The Fintech Times
Misc Sustainability
- (20.07.21) OPINION: Will the 2020s be a roaring good time for ESG investments? | Thomson Reuters Foundation News
- (20.07.21) Sustainable investments hit 35.9 percent of all assets, study finds | Corporate Secretary
- (20.07.21) Future Returns: Sustainable Investing Poised to Gain Assets | Barron’s
- (22.07.21) Fund Managers Struggle to Keep Up With New Guideposts for ESG | BNN Bloomberg
- (22.07.21) Obstacles to overcome when standardising green bonds in Turkey | International Financial Law Review
- (22.07.21) U.S. Treasury’s Yellen tells development banks to mobilize private capital for climate fight | Reuters
- (23.07.21) Why ‘Doing Good’ With Sustainable Investing Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Doing Well | Forbes
- (23.07.21) Rize ETF launches Environmental Impact ETF to tackle climate change | Investment Week
- (23.07.21) FCA Issues Guiding Principles for Improving the Quality and Clarity of ESG and Sustainable Investments | JDSupra
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- (19.07.21) Global sustainable investment hits $35.3trn as investors seek more ESG integration | Investment Week
- (22.07.21) India’s New Development Finance Institution May Be Running By Year-End | Bloomberg Quint
- (23.07.21) Viewpoint: Learning from the Nordics for impact investing | IPE
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