3 mins in Development Finance/ wk 01

My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.

IFC and World Bank

• (04.01.22) Equity Acquires Sh. 18.6 Billion Loan from IFC?| East African Business Week
• (06.01.22) World Bank Credit to Strengthen Infrastructure, Boost Climate Resilience in Vinh Long City | The World Bank

IFC / CDC

• (03.01.22) IFC to invest in Chiratae, CDC backed trade financing firm Vayana | VCCircle

ADB

• (06.01.22) VIDEO: Harnessing Digitalization for Sustainable Economic Development: Insights for Asia | Asian Development Bank

AfDB

• (03.01.22) AfDB approves €10.5m pooled investment in startup fund | Tribune
• (04.01.22) AFRICA: Drought-stricken four countries get $30 million from Copenhagen for water | Afrik 21
• (06.01.22) African Development Bank’s SEFA to provide $1 million in support of Botswana’s energy transition | African Development Bank
• (07.01.22) Botswana’s energy transition to be assisted by AfDB grant | Namibia Economist
• (08.01.22) We’ll start an SMEs bank, reveals Samia in Zanzibar | The Citizen

EBRD

• (05.01.22) MOROCCO: EBRD and GCF support green economy with €25 million financing | Afrik 21
• (07.01.22) Morocco’s Marrakech to Host Green-Focussed EBRD 2022 Business Forum | Morocco World News

CDC

• (06.01.22) PODCAST: Looking back over a year of Insight events | CDC Group

DFC

• (03.01.22) PODCAST: Jake Levine, Chief Climate Officer at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | My Climate Journey
• (06.01.22) AFRICA: Shell Foundation invests in Nithio FI to finance renewable energy | Afrik 21

FMO Entrepreneurial Development Bank

• (04.01.22) Sri Lanka’s Alliance Finance gets US$5mn from EMF Microfinance Fund | EconomyNext

PROPARCO

• (-.12.21) PUBLICATION: Private Sector and Development n°36: Technical assistance, opening up new horizons | Proparco
• (04.01.22) Expertise France joins AFD Group, allowing for a Holistic Approach to Development | Proparco

Misc Content in Development Finance

• (02.01.22) BSP Explores Alternative Data Use to Promote Financial Inclusion | MarketScreener
• (03.01.22) 5 trends shaping global development in 2022 | Devex
• (04.01.22) Devex Invested: A development finance wish list for 2022 | Devex
• (04.01.22) The Right Idea for an Emerging Markets Rebound | Nasdaq
• (05.01.22) The Case For Using Offline Authentication To Accelerate Financial Inclusion | Forbes
• (06.01.22) 'Lack of consistent income key reason for most people being out of financial inclusion' | The Financial Express

Misc Technology

• (03.01.22) Digital Lending: Top trends to look out for in 2022 | The Financial Express
• (03.01.22) The Power of Fintech: A New Era for Payments Innovation | FinTech Magazine
• (05.01.22) RADIO: Bitcoin, ETFs, And Crypto Investing | Bloomberg
• (05.01.22) Devex Newswire: Is 2022 the year crypto philanthropy takes off? | Devex
• (05.01.22) 16 Ways Banks Will Need To Change To Survive Advances In Fintech | Forbes
• (05.01.22) We have carved out fintech partnerships as a new unit: Federal Bank's Warrier | Mint
• (07.01.22) Nigerian ethical credit-recovery fintech Bfree secures $1.7M, expands to Asia, Europe, South America and across Africa | TechCrunch

Misc Gender

• (04.01.22) Closing the gender gap in financing: Basic business friendly tools that can be adopted across the corporate world | The Economic Times
• (06.01.22) PODCAST: Podcast: Jessica Robinson on Closing the Gender Investment Gap |The Armchair Trader

Misc Sustainability

• (03.01.22) Will impact investing be subsumed by ESG? | The Express Tribune
• (03.01.22) Private climate investment needs to get intentional about gender and equity — here’s how | Greenbiz
• (03.01.22) A Sustainable Investment Mantra: Book Review | Outlast – How ESG Can Benefit Your Business by Mukund Rajan, Col. Rajeev Kumar | Financial Express
• (03.01.22) The ESG Investment Theme Just Wrapped Up a Great Year | Nasdaq
• (03.01.22) Green Investing 101: Protect the Planet for Fun & Profit | Greener Ideal
• (04.01.22) ESG Investing Is Not Sustainable Investing | Forbes
• (05.01.22) Amy Domini on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in ESG and Sustainable Investing Today | Barron's
• (05.01.22) Private investors are crucial to the future of ESG. Here's how they can find their voice | World Economic Forum
• (06.01.22) Finite: Bringing Direct Solar Investment Opportunities To The Average Investor | Forbes
• (06.01.22) PODCAST: Building the Green Investor Toolkit | Investopedia
• (07.01.22) An Advisor’s Guide to the Alphabet Soup of ESG Investing | Nasdaq

Subscription Required

• (04.01.22) Singapore-based gender lens investor Teja Ventures closes debut fund at $10m | Deal Street Asia
• (04.01.22) ESG: Investors Seek Clearer Definition of What It Means in EU | Bloomberg
• (05.01.22) DEG extends $10m funding to Vietnamese commercial lender HDBank | Deal Street Asia
• (06.01.22) Video: The ESG Regulation Picture for 2022: Five Key Questions for Business - Wall Street Journal
• (08.01.22) The EU’s green-investing “taxonomy” could go global | The Economist

Upcoming Webinars

• 2022: Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2022 | The Social Enterprise Magazine | Pioneers Post
• January 19: A Global Procurement Partnership for Sustainable Development: An International Stocktaking of Developments in Public Procurement | The World Bank

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