3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 45
6 min readNov 19, 2021
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
IFC and World Bank
- (08.11.21) World Bank’s IFC partners with South African tech group to boost digital infrastructure | Financial Post
- (08.11.21) VIDEO: IFC Partners with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to Boost Africa’s Digital Infrastructure | IFC
- (09.11.21) IFC Investment to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Accelerating Pandemic Recovery Efforts | IFC
- (09.11.21) The World Bank’s PROBLUE Program | The World Bank
- (09.11.21) World Bank Vice President Visits Sri Lanka, Reaffirms Support for Investments in People and Resilient Recovery | The World Bank
- (10.11.21) REPORT: Debt Transparency in Developing Economies | The World Bank
- (10.11.21) World Bank Prices USD 2 Billion SOFR Index-Linked Sustainable Development Bond as Part of its Initiative to Highlight Climate Action | The World Bank
- (11.11.21) IFC, European Union Partner to Strengthen Business Incubators and Entrepreneurs ln Angol | IFC
- (12.11.21) IFC and Equity Group Partner to Support MSMEs with Local-Currency Financing in the DRC | IFC
- (11.11.21) Egypt, IFC cooperation portfolio records $1.26B | EgyptToday
- (12.11.21) We can do more to help countries deal with climate disasters | The World Bank
ADB
- (08.11.21) ADB launches community resilience programme in Asia and Pacific | The Business Standard
- (09.11.21) VIDEO: ADB launches Energy Transition Mechanism with Indonesia and the Philippines | Smart Energy International
- (10.11.21) ADB Launches New Carbon Fund to Incentivize Climate Investments | Asian Development Bank
- (10.11.21) ADB, UK Join to Strengthen Urban Areas Against Climate Change | Asian Development Bank
- (10.11.21) ADB to develop climate insurance scheme for MSMEs | BusinessWorld
ADB / EBRD / EDB
AfDB
- (09.11.21) VIDEO: AfDB President Calls For Massive Investment In Variable Energy Mixes | YouTube
- (10.11.21) AfDB officials seek increased investment in cassava in Nigeria | Premium Times
- (10.11.21) COP26: African Development Bank welcomes nearly $136 million in donor support for Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa | African Development Bank
- (11.11.21) AFDB bank will finance projects in Tunisia worth $1.6 billion — state news agency | Nasdaq
- (11.11.21) African Development Bank and Agence Française de Développement sign €2 billion co-financing partnership agreement for Africa | African Development Bank
- (11.11.21) Zimbabwe: African Development Fund extends $3.5 million grant to bolster livelihoods of women and youth | African Development Bank
- (12.11.21) COP 26: Low-income countries in fragile situations falling further behind in climate funding, urgent action needed to reverse this trend, African Development Bank and ICRC say at climate conference | ReliefWeb
- (13.11.21) Ghana: African Development Fund extends $40 million grant to establish The Development Bank Ghana | African Development Bank
- (13.11.21) African Development Bank launches Climate Change and Green Growth framework | Medafrica Times
- (14.11.21) AfDB steps in to help region’s governments slowdown on their borrowing spree | The East African
EIB
- (08.11.21) EIB and AllianzGI support climate action projects in emerging and developing countries | EIB
- (09.11.21) VIDEO: 2X Climate Finance Taskforce: Gender Lens Climate Financing Investing Guide | EIB
- (10.11.21) EIB launches Adaptation Plan to address climate change impacts globally | Ahram
EIB / EBRD / CDC
EBRD
- (08.11.21) PH seeks seamless implementation of climate projects | Philippine News Agency
- (10.11.21) Turkey’s Arçelik secures $173.9M EBRD loan for green manufacturing | Daily Sabah
AIIB
CDC
- (08.11.21) UK’s CDC Group invests $440m, supports 41 companies in Egypt: Sherine Shohdy | Daily News Egypt
- (08.11.21) Collaborating to accelerate investment in climate adaptation and resilience | CDC Group
- (08.11.21) VIDEO: Investing in innovation to tackle the climate crisis in emerging markets | CDC Group
- (11.11.21) Trade financing firm Vayana Network raises Rs 283 crore from Chiratae Ventures, CDC Group, others | VCCircle
FMO / Finnfund / Swedfund / EIB / Global Innovation Fund / Islamic Development Bank / KFW Development Bank/ Nordic Development Fund / USAID / CDP / FinDev Canada / DFC
DFC
FMO
FinDEV
Finnfund
Norfund
Proparco / IFC
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (03.11.21) TOOL: DFI Transparency Tool — World | ReliefWeb
- (08.11.21) India now ahead of China in financial inclusion metrics: SBI report | Mint
- (08.11.21) Emerging markets needs climate cash. How will they get it? | The Economic Times
- (08.11.21) Establish a Productive Private Equity Partnership | Harvard Business Review
- (09.11.21) Successes, challenges and next steps in responsible investing | Investment Executive
- (09.11.21) VIDEO: Financial Inclusion Projects for Emerging Markets Globally | YouTube
- (13.11.21) Financial inclusion: Why all past initiatives failed | Vanguard News
- (10.11.21) Singapore Sees Assets Swell on Strong Private-Equity Performance | BNN Bloomberg
- (12.11.21) CredAble launches UpScale to enable financial inclusion among SMEs | Business Standard
- (12.11.21) PM launches schemes for financial inclusion | Mint
- (-.12.21) Long-term game: PE investment in Africa | Financier Worldwide
Misc Technology
- (08.11.21) Fintechs to lead in driving financial inclusion | The Business Times
- (08.11.21) Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in $120M round | TechCrunch
- (08.11.21) Singapore Sees Fintech Funding Tripling This Year to $3 Billion | BNN Bloomberg
- (08.11.21) Fin VC Raises $400 Million To Be A Full-Stack B2B Fintech Investor | Forbes
- (11.11.21) Three leading fintech trends to watch in 2022 | Fintech Magazine
- (11.11.21) HighRadius Named to 2021 CB Insights Fintech 250 List of Top Fintech Startups for the Second Consecutive Year | Business Wire
- (13.11.21) Bitcoin and Ethereum Among the Top 3 Most Polluting Cryptocurrencies | The Fintech Times
- (16.11.21) Top 10 Most Influential Fintech Companies | Fintech Magazine
Misc Gender
- (08.11.21) Investing in Gender Equity is Growing | ETF Trends
- (10.11.21) Gender overlooked in ESG | Money Management | Money Management
- (10.11.21) Opinion: Gender financing must become more transparent | Devex
- (12.11.21) Women embrace cryptocurrency with NFTs and collaboration | World Economic Forum
Misc Sustainability
- (07.11.21) INFOGRAPHICS: Climate Investing: What it is, What’s Propelling it, and Where to Start | Visual Capitalist
- (08.11.21) Explainer: Emerging markets needs climate cash. How will they get it? | Reuters
- (09.11.21) Responsible and sustainable investing are not the same | FTAdviser
- (09.11.21) Green Banks: Taking Climate Finance from Pledge to Project | NRDC
- (09.11.21) Why index strategies will be key in sustainable investing’s future | Wealth Professional
- (09.11.21) ESG investing has a blind spot that puts the $35 trillion industry’s sustainability promises in doubt: Supply chains | The Conversation
- (09.11.21) Opinion: All hands on deck to combat climate change | Devex
- (10.11.21) International Solar Alliance forms advisory committee to mobilize US$1 trillion solar investment | pv magazine India
- (10.11.21) Why the world needs both ESG and impact investing (and how they’re different) | Technical.ly
- (11.11.21) How Clim8 Invest Is Cracking Open Sustainable Investing For The Masses | Forbes
- (11.11.21) Rethinking The “S” In ESG: The Inclusive Finance Imperative | FinExtra
- (11.11.21) VIDEO: Cities, climate change and MDBs: cooperation, action and delivery | YouTube
- (11.11.21) Sustainable investing: What it is and where to start | CNET
- (12.11.21) VIDEO: How to spot ‘greenwashing’ in your ESG investments | Global News
- (12.11.21) Moroccan Government adopts bill encouraging self-production of electric energy | The North Africa Post
- (12.11.21) ESG and impact investing: Worthstone’s Gavin Francis discusses the differences | IFA Magazine
- (13.11.21) M.B.A.s are Embracing E.S.G. | The New York Times
- (13.11.21) China rebranding BRI to rival Biden’s B3W with focus on green finance, inclusive development | The Economic Times
- (14.11.21) Why climate finance is a big deal, and where negotiations have reached at Glasgow COP26 | The Print
- (14.11.21) Responding to demand for ESG: nonfinancial is financial | The Korea Times
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- (07.11.21) Does Sustainable Investing Really Help the Environment? | Wall Street Journal
- (07.11.21) Investors take aim at private equity’s use of private jets | Financial Times
- (08.11.21) Following COP26? Here Are 3 Sustainable Investing Strategies and 40 Stock Picks. | Barron’s
Upcoming Webinars
- November 17: Distributional Impact of Private Sector Investments and Job Quality across Developing Countries | The World Bank
- November 22–23: 3rd Annual Development Finance Conference (ADFC) 2021 — “Financing Sustainable Development: Research, Innovation, and Mentorship” | Columbia Global Centers
- November 23–24: Developing a Comprehensive Financial Inclusion Index. Measuring Financial Inclusion in the EU | International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA)
- November 29–30: Sharing innovations and good practices in resilience in the Sahel | African Development Bank
- December 1–3: Hybrid Event- Africa Investment Forum 2021: Accelerating transformative investments in Africa | African Development Bank
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