3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 34
5 min readAug 31, 2021
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
IFC and World Bank
- (19.08.21) WEBINAR RECORDINGS: The Care Economy: For Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond | The World Bank
- (21.08.21) IFC ramps up ‘Impact Investments’ in South Asia to protect jobs and livelihoods, drive green recovery | Daily FT
- (23.08.21) Supported by IFC, Kenya Launches Web Portal to Boost Investment in Special Economic Zones | IFC
- (24.08.21) VIDEO: IFC Invests Record $10.4 Billion for Private Sector Development in Africa and the Middle East | IFC
- (25.08.21) Supported by IFC, Somalia Launches Trade Information Portal to Boost Cross-border Trade | IFC
- (25.08.21) Ngern Tid Lor PCL is IFC’s First Investment in a Non-Banking Financial Institution in Thailand to Support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | IFC
- (25.08.21) World Bank, Japan Support Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness at Grassroots Level in Vietnam | The World Bank
- (26.08.21) IFC doubles investments in SMEs in Africa and the Middle East in 2021 | Ecofin Agency
- (27.08.21) Zimbabwe: World Bank Lauds Zimbabwe Economic Revival | allAfrica.com
- (27.08.21) Letshego takes Sh5.4bn IFC loan to boost housing | Business Daily
ADB
- (-.08.21) ADBI WORKING PAPER: Sharing Credit Data While Respecting Privacy — A Digital Platform for Fairer Financing of MSMEs | Asian Development Bank Institute
- (06.08.21) VIDEO: New E-Learning Course Spotlights Financial Authorities’ Hand in Sustainable Finance Growth | Asian Development Bank Institute
- (24.08.21) VIDEO: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2021 | Asian Development Bank
- (26.08.21) WEBINAR RECORDING: Asian Impact Webinar: How Smaller Firms in Indonesia Survive One Year into the Pandemic | Asian Development Bank
- (26.08.21) $60 Million ADB Financing to Improve Climate Resilience of Infrastructure for Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam | Asian Development Bank
- (27.08.21) $1.78 Billion ADB Facility to Improve Transport, Regional Trade in Bangladesh | Asian Development Bank
- (27.08.21) Foreign holdings of local currency bonds: A double-edged sword for emerging Asia | Asia Pathways
- (27.08.21) Action plan agreed upon to speed up execution of ADB-funded projects | The Financial Express
ABD / AIIB
AfDB
- (23.08.21) AfDB enrols 130,000 young Africans in digital skills drive | International Centre for Investigative Reporting
- (23.08.21) 2021 Singapore Africa Business Forum: In Africa, challenges are the opportunities despite Covid-19 | African Development Bank
- (24.08.21) African Development Bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund provides more than $7.3 million for youth jobs and skills | African Development Bank
- (27.08.21) International community must act to avert a two-speed global economic recovery post Covid-19 | African Development Bank
EBRD
- (18.08.21) EGYPT: EBRD lends $50m to QNB for green financing of SMEs | Afrik 21
- (19.08.21) EBRD greenlights $25m loan to Egypt-based UMC | The North Africa Post
AIIB
CDC
- (-.08.21) Responding to a crisis: Building a rural workforce to support smallholder farmers | CDC Group
- (-.08.21) Impact of our funds’ portfolio: How a new domestic product benefits both consumers and farmers | CDC Group
- (25.08.21) PODCAST: What might we expect from COP26? | CDC Group
DFC
PROPARCO
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (16.08.21) PODCAST: Investing in Impact: Andrée Simon // President and CEO of FINCA Impact Finance | Causeartist
- (24.08.21) Digital Financial Inclusion in China | Africanews
- (25.08.21) RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index: Why Is It Important? Key Questions Answered | Money Control
- (25.08.21) One-of-a-kind Private Capital Academy Set Up to help Boost Economic Growth in Africa | Africanews
- (25.08.21) The President of Ghana, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, and key Ministers set to address international investors at The Africa Debate 2021 | Africanews
- (26.08.21) BlocPal International and mBnk Launch India’s First Financial Services Market in India | ExBulletin
- (26.08.21) Harris shines light on US plans in China’s backyard | Asia Times
- (27.08.21) Expert Q&A on impact investing | University of Victoria
- (27.08.21) Deep dive: Biden’s evolving aid policy | Devex
Misc Technology
- (19.08.21) Indian fintech CRED launches peer-to-peer lending feature Mint | TechCrunch
- (23.08.21) African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding | TechCrunch
- (23.08.21) Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends | Lexology
- (24.08.21) Can Private Sector Companies Change the World? Rewire’s Kashtan Discusses Financial Inclusion | The Fintech Times
- (24.08.21) Fintech Ramp More Than Doubles Valuation To $3.9 Billion, Raising $300 Million To Take On AmEx In Massive Corporate Card Market | Forbes
- (26.08.21) Explosion in electronic payments powers fintech boom in Nigeria | Financial Post
- (26.08.21) Liquid Intelligent Technologies creates direct access to USA internet resources via a new POP connection to Miami | Africanews
- (27.08.21) ANALYSIS-Southeast Asia tech dealmaking booms as investors place post-COVID bets | Nasdaq
- (27.08.21) US Investors To Explore Opportunities In AfCFTA | Eurasia Review
Misc Gender
- (19.08.21) Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality’s Biggest Barriers | Forbes
- (25.08.21) Black Female Founders Still Dreaming When It Comes To A Fair Share Of Venture Capital | Forbes
- (25.08.21) PODCAST We Need To Talk About Investing — Ep. 3: The Gender Investment Gap | Charles Stanley
- (26.08.21) The case for investing in women is clear. Why is venture capital still ignoring them? | Pioneers Post
Misc Sustainability
- (22.08.21) UBS’s Rich Asia Clients Poured Billions Into Sustainable Assets | BNN Bloomberg
- (24.08.21) Bolstering green finance with blockchain | Investment Executive
- (25.08.21) VIDEO: Does ESG investing actually make a difference? | Fortune
- (26.08.21) Regulators Could Crack Down on Sustainable Investment Claims | Nasdaq
- (28..08.21) PODCAST: Crypto’s Place in the ESG Investing Zeitgeist: Trusted Data and Aligned Incentives | CoinDesk
- (29.08.21) RATHBONE GREENBANK GLOBAL: Green fund is sustainable investment | This is Money
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- (20.08.21) New wave of investors eyes renewable energy firms | Mint
- (25.08.21) Visa to enable deeper financial inclusion with offline payments in India | Mint
- (26.08.21) The Regulators Are Coming After Sustainable Investing | Wall Street Journal
- (27.08.21) DEG proposes $22m investment in Jungle Ventures’s fourth SE Asia fund | Deal Street Asia
- (27.08.21) ‘We’re moving towards a more gender-diverse financial services industry’ | Mint
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