3 mins in Development Finance, wk 02/2021
IFC and World Bank
IFC
- (-/01/21) Ctrl-Alt-Delete: A Green Reboot for Emerging Markets - "IFC"
- (-/01/21) Sunny-Side Up: Adding Solar Power to Uzbekistan’s Futur- "IFC"
- (-/01/21) How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Advance Post-Secondary Learning in Emerging Markets - "IFC"
- (04/01/21) IFC extends $200m loan to Nedbank to increase renewable energy financing - "Engineering News"
- (05/01/21) Myanmar's First Credit Bureau to Help Improve Access to Credit for People and Businesses - "IFC"
- (06/01/21) In Afghanistan, Women Entrepreneurs Keep the Dream Alive - "IFC"
- (07/01/21) The Financial Industry Summit: The AFRICA CEO FORUM and IFC Gear Up to Rethink African Finance - "IFC"
- (12/01/21) IFC’s $25 Million Investment in Nations Trust Bank to Help Sri Lankan Businesses Continue Operations, Preserve Jobs Amid COVID-19 - "IFC"
WORLD BANK
- (05/01/21) Global Economy to Expand by 4% in 2021; Vaccine Deployment and Investment Key to Sustaining the Recovery - "WorldBank"
- (05/01/21) World Bank Signs $105 Million Project to Improve Waterways in West Bengal - "WorldBank"
- (07/01/21) World Bank Prices NOK 5 Billion Sustainable Development Bond While Raising Awareness for Health and Gender Equality - "WorldBank"
- (07/01/21) World Bank Prices Global Dual Tranche SOFR Index-Linked Offering and Raises USD 3.5 Billion - "WorldBank"
- (12/01/21) World Bank Group and CES Announce Global Tech Challenge Winners - "World Bank"
ADB
- (06/01/21) ADB, OrbiMed Sign $75 Million Deal to Enhance Health Care Capacity in India and PRC - "ADB"
- (06/01/21) (VIDEO) Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure - "ADB"
- (15/01/21) ADB, EIB Join Forces to Protect Oceans, Support the Blue Economy - "ADB"
AfDB
- (06/01/21) African Development Bank Group President to join global leaders at One Planet Summit to promote climate action in Africa - "AfDB"
- (07/01/21) African Development Bank Board approves a new Gender Strategy for 2021-2025 - "AfDB"
- (08/01/21) Chad: The African Development Bank grants $11.26 million for women and girls’ education - "AfDB"
- (11/01/21) Speech by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the One Planet Summit, Great Green Wall Investment Summit. January 11, 2021 - "AfDB"
EBRD
- (04/01/21) EBRD, EU and donors support SMEs and green homes in North Macedonia- "EBRD"
- (04/01/21) Amman to introduce new bus fleet under EBRD Green Cities programme - "EBRD"
- (16/01/21) Egypt again tops EBRD investments in 2019 - "EBRD"
CDC
- (-/01/21) Managing the risk of modern slavery - "CDC"
- (08/01/21) CDC’s Nigeria Country Director discusses investment in the country with local media - "CDC"
DFC
- (07/01/21) DFC, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan Announce Central Asia Investment Partnership to Bolster Investment in the Region - "DFC"
- (07/01/21) DFC Visits Morocco to Explore Private Sector Investment - "DFC"
- (12/01/21) Advancing Food Security with the Private Sector: Conversation with Yasser Toor and Paul Weisenfeld - "DFC gov - Medium"
FMO
- (05/01/21) Equity Bank Kenya and NASIRA sign guarantee program for COVID-19 support - "FMO"
- (05/01/21) Monthly transaction overview – December - "FMO"
FinDEV
Finnfund
- (-/01/21) (VIDEO) Energy: Renewable energy - "Finnfund"
- (07/01/21) The second round of funding for the first Finnish impact fund to invest in emerging markets raised a further EUR 58 million in capital – the total fund size now stands at EUR 135 million - "Finnfund"
- (14/01/21) Finnfund increases funding to Starsight, a leading C&I solar player in West Africa - "Finnfund"
Proparco
- (04/01/21) Bigot Flowers Kenya : Limiting the social and health impacts of COVID-19 - "Proparco"
- (07/01/21) Proparco invests in Mekong Capital’s new fund dedicated to SMEs and mid-size companies in Vietnam - "Proparco"
Misc Content in Development Finance
- (03/03/20) IMF and Good Governance- "IMF"
- (02/11/20) Successful Companies Live Up to This Ancient Greek Ideal - "HBR"
- (12/11/20) Sir Ronald Cohen: “The VC industry has to wake up" - "Sifted"
- (11/12/20) European Commission to establish carbon footprint declaration for batteries - "Circular"
- (-/01/21) Human Rights And Impact Assessment - "IAIA"
- (-/01/21) (VIDEO) Impact Management, Jasjit Singh
- (04/01/21) Fintech Investment Market Technology Advancement and Business Outlook 2020 - "The Courier"
- (05/01/21)ProximaX and Dragonfly sign MoU with CVA and NCDM - "Khmer Times"
- (06/01/21) This New York organisation is empowering low-income women in India through financial inclusion - "Social Story"
- (07/01/21) The Three Dimensions of Social Impact -"Insead"
- (08/01/21) Women Enterprise Recovery Fund - "UNCDF"
- (08/01/21) Can We Trust the Cambodia Microfinance Association? - "The Diplomat"
- (08/01/21) Darrin Williams: Behind the Scenes at an Innovative CDFI - "ABA Banking Journal"
- (10/01/21) India’s Breakout Startups of 2021 According to VCs - "Vertex Ventures, Medium"
- (11/01/21) Why ESG Funds Fail to Scale - "Institutional Investors"
- (12/01/21)TPG's Rise Fund invests in renewable natural gas marketer Element - "Reuters"
- (13/01/21) 3 priorities to shape the post-pandemic financial system - "WEForum"
- (13/01/21) Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO - "ILO"
- (14/01/21) New Investment Will Speed up Solar Power in West Africa - "IFU"
- (15/01/21) How Black women social entrepreneurs are creating a more equitable world - "Change Makers, Medium"
Misc Technology
- (-/12/20) Post-pandemic sustainability: why tech and connectivity are the answer for future-proof BTR - "BTR News"
- (-/01/21) The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020 - "First Round"
- (-/01/21) Digital Health and Rights: Participatory Action Research Project - "Graduate Institute"
- (04/01/21) Trina Solar completes 35 MW solar power plant in Vietnam- "PV Magazine"
- (05/01/21) 20 worthwhile conferences for women in tech - "CIO"
- (07/01/21) Why Should India Worry About Solorigate Style Cyber Attacks- "Analytics India Magazine"
- (07/01/21) African Women In Tech founder gives her top career advice - "Silicon Republic"
- (09/01/21) (VIDEO) What is the future of Indian Agritech? | Ananda Verma, Founder & CEO, Fasal | The Startup Operator - "YouTube"
- (12/01/21) Myanmar’s fintech startups go from strength to strength - "KrAsia"
- (12/01/21) Rich Europeans need to invest 10% of their money into tech and stop buying stupid stuff like hotels - "Sifted"
- (12/01/21) Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko on their new fund, SPACs and the great tech exodus - "Techcrunch"
Misc Sustainability
- (11/12/20）European Commission to establish carbon footprint declaration for batteries - "Circular"
- (11/01/21) Climate change: Africa's green energy transition 'unlikely' this decade - "BBC"
- (14/01/21) Building the first sustainability unicorn - "Sifted"
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- (12/11/20) New Rule Complicates Private Equity’s ESG Push - "WSJ"
- (-/01/21) Big Meat: facing up to the demands for sustainability - "FT"
- (-/01/21) UK fintech offers world’s ‘first’ net zero pension fund - "FT"
- (03/01/21) GP-Led Deals Take Center Stage in the Secondary Market - "WSJ"
- (03/01/21) Renewable-Energy Investors Seek Returns in Project Development - "WSJ"
- (05/01/21) Gojek and Tokopedia in advanced talks to form $18bn tech group - "FT"
- (06/01/21) Singapore emerges as food tech hub, thanks to state support - "Nikkei Asia"
- (07/01/21) Asia MICE tourism tries to escape trap with AR and holograms - "Nikkei Asia"
- (08/01/21) Apeel CEO James Rogers Wants to Extend the Shelf Life of Your Avocados and Oranges - " WSJ"
- (10/01/21) Pandemic boosts business case for investing in staff - "FT"
- (13/01/21) Apple to Open Developer Academy, Provide Funding for Minority Entrepreneurs - "WSJ"
- (15/01/21)Young people’s mental health must be a priority this lockdown - "FT"
Upcoming Webinar
- 27/01/21: Human Rights And Impact Assessment (AIAI):
- "This free 60-minute webinar on human rights and impact assessment is targeted at practitioners involved in the impact assessment of private sector projects, including companies, financial institutions, and internal and external impact assessment practitioners who carry out impact assessments."
- 28/01/21: IFC Education Webinar Series: Digital Transformation in Global Higher Education (IFC)
- "[...]IFC, in partnership with Deloitte Consulting, has developed the Digital For Tertiary Education Program—or D4TEP—and is piloting it with four universities.
- To discuss the program and the broader issue, IFC’s Education team invites you to a webinar bringing together two universities participating in the pilots, a representative of the online program management sector, and our D4TEP partner, Deloitte Consulting."
- 01/02/21: OECD DAC Blended Finance Guidance: The official launch
- "This session is the official launch of the Guidance and aims to foster a high-level discussion around the need to deliver high quality blended finance approaches to mobilise commercial investment towards SDGs in developing countries."
Food for Thought
- (16/03/18) Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week - "HBR"
- (07/01/21) Towards $5 trillion: What is holding India back? - "Financial Express"
- (12/01/21) The Perils of Social Distancing - "NYT"
- (12/01/21) Numbers Protocol’s blockchain camera Capture App safeguards the integrity of photos - "TechCrunch"
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