3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 48
4 min readDec 8, 2021
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
IFC and World Bank
- (30.11.21) What You Need to Know About the World Bank Group’s South Asia Climate Roadmap | The World Bank
- (-.12.21) A look ahead at how technology can tackle climate change | IFC
- (-.12.21) The net-zero economy needs strong public-private collaboration | IFC
- (01.12.21) World Bank Provides $100 Million to Accelerate Rwanda’s Digital Transformation | The World Bank
- (01.12.21) Investing in Gender Equality in Uganda is Smart Economics | The World Bank
- (01.12.21) IFC Supports First Sri Lanka Chapter of Women Corporate Directors to Promote Diversity in Boardroom | IFC
- (02.12.21) New Project to Support the Emergence of a Digital Economy in Djibouti | The World Bank
- (02.12.21) IFC leading 10 GW of renewables projects in emerging world | Reuters
IFC and CDC
IFC and AfDB
ADB
- (29.11.21) ADB extends $150 million loan to help small enterprises to recover | The Daily Star
- (01.12.21) More Growth Capital Needed For Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Businesses in South Asia Post-Pandemic | Asian Development Bank
AfDB
- (30.11.21) Blue economy in Africa: The African Development Bank explores the continent’s off-shore renewable energy potential | African Development Bank
- (02.12.21) African Development Bank Group Board approves a $35 million facility for Ecobank International affiliates, EBI SA trade finance activities in Africa. | African Development Bank
- (03.12.21) 2021 AEC: Experts call for African crypto currency, integrated capital market to ease business costs | African Development Bank
EIB
- (01.12.21) VIDEO: EIB And TDB Join Forces To Back Investment In Fragile Contexts In Africa | Africa.com
- (29.11.21) VIDEO: Supporting digital access for people in Africa | EIB
CDC
- (29.11.21) How environmental reporting can help in fighting climate change | CDC Group
- (30.11.21) UK’s CDC Group to expand Asia reach amid changes in strategy | Deal Street Asia
- (30.11.21) Devex Invested: Will CDC Group’s mission change along with its name? | Devex
- (-.12.21) Responding to a crisis: Keeping small businesses alive | CDC Group
- (01.12.21) Devex Newswire: The UK’s new investment-focused development policy | Devex
- (02.12.21) REPORT: Investing to transform lives: five years on | CDC Group
FMO Netherlands Development Finance Corporation
Finnfund
PROPARCO
- (01.12.21) Proparco committed to supporting Togo’s 2025 development roadmap | Togo First
- (01.12.21) Proparco supports the Nigerian bank FCMB to strengthen its commitment to high-impact SMEs and climate projects | Proparco
- (03.12.21) Private equity firm enters Morocco with catering deal | ALB Article
- (03.12.21) Proparco joins a consortium of new lenders for the pioneering Djermaya Solar project in Chad | Proparco
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (29.11.21) Investors rush into private markets in search of returns | Financial Times
- (30.11.21) The Philippines Enhances National Strategy for Financial Inclusion | OpenGov Asia
- (30.11.21) The rise of impact investing | South China Morning Post
- (01.12.21) CBN and importance of development financing | Vanguard News
- (01.12.21) Japan’s top banks join forces to boost impact investing | Pioneers Post
- (02.12.21) Banks come together to promote financial inclusion | Environment Journal
- (02.12.21) VIDEO: DEVELOPMENT BANKING: Aligning funding to real people | YouTube
- (03.12.21) The Future Of Global Impact Investing | Forbes
- (03.12.21) Impact investing grows 26 % annually last decade, but 97% inflow from offshore players: Report | The Financial Express
Misc Technology
- (28.11.21) 10 Fintech Companies to Watch in 2022: The Future of Finance | Fintech Magazine
- (30.11.21) With $3B expected in 2021, Singapore is becoming a fintech capital | TechCrunch
- (01.12.21) Crypto can bring about financial inclusion, Infosys chair says | Reuters
- (02.12.21) Digital Financial Inclusion: Why It Matters and What’s Driving Change | Finextra
- (04.12.21) Need to convert Fintech initiatives into Fintech revolution: PM Modi | Business Standard News | Business Standard
- (03.12.21) TechCrunch+ roundup: Singapore’s fintech buzz, SaaS slump, amplified marketing strategies | TechCrunch
- (04.12.21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it’s time for a fintech revolution | The Economic Times
- (04.12.21) UK fintech companies to invest £100 million in India: Sunak | The Economic Times
Misc Gender
- (30.11.21) How financially savvy women can help increasing financial inclusion | Hindustan Times
- (30.11.21) Financial inclusion for women: Leveraging partnerships to close the gender gap | Nairametrics
Misc Sustainability
- (28.11.21) Investors Want to Ratchet Up ‘Blended Finance’ in Climate Fight | Bloomberg
- (29.11.21) Partner Insight: Which key forces are now driving the sustainable investing market? | Investment Week
- (29.11.21) Forum magazine: ESG compliance — Legal risks grow as regulators focus on explosion in sustainable investing | JDSupra
- (30.11.21) How to Make Samarkand a Truly Green City | The Diplomat
- (01.12.21) Plans for Construction of 300 MW Wind Farm in Bubisa, Kenya, Revived | Construction Review
- (01.12.21) Swiss banks, gov’t partner up to raise $1 bln for development projects | Reuters
- (02.12.21) Lesotho to get its first utility-sized, grid-connected solar plant | ESI Africa
- (02.12.21) What is impact investing? Investing in Tesla could count | Fortune
- (02.12.21) Three lessons on how to finance forest conservation | World Economic Forum
- (03.12.21) PODCAST: John Doerr on Sustainable Investments | Bloomberg
- (04.12.21) Uganda on world map of sustainable finance | The Independent
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- (30.11.21) How China’s regulatory crackdown is the new normal for private equity | AsianInvestor
- (02.12.21) US development agency nominee pledges to review projects using Chinese solar panels | South China Morning Post
- (03.12.21) ESG Investing Is Hot. Today’s $8 Trillion Could Quadruple by 2030 | Barron’s
Upcoming Webinars
- December 10: World Bank Tokyo Online Morning Seminar #130 “The Trade and Climate Change Nexus: The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries” | The World Bank
- 2022: Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2022 | The Social Enterprise Magazine | Pioneers Post
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