3 mins in development finance/ wks 51&52 (December 14-27)
My weekly reading list for those interested in development finance and Impact investing focused on developing countries.
Development Finance
IFC and WorldBank
- (24/11/20) World Bank to Introduce Contractor Disqualification to Strengthen Prevention of Gender-Based Violence - "IFC"
- (01/12/20) Temperature-Controlled Logistics-Nigeria - "IFC"
- (14/12/20) IFC and LOGOS Partner to Develop Green Logistics Hub, Drive Economic Activity in Indonesia - "IFC"
- (15/12/20) IFC and HKMA Showcase Best Practices in Sustainable Business and Climate Finance at the IFC Climate Business Webinar - "IFC"
- (15/12/20) IFC Partners with the American Chamber of Commerce to Advance Female Employment in Egypt - "IFC"
- (15/12/20) IFC and Jive partner to support the expansion of credit access for small and medium enterprises in Brazil - "IFC"
- (15/12/20) Women's Access to Finance Critical for COVID Recovery, Says IFC - "IFC"
- (15/12/20) World Bank Approves $250 Million Project to Make Existing Dams Safe and Resilient across India - "Worldbank"
- (15/12/20) World Bank Approves $400 Million Project to Protect India’s Poor and Vulnerable from the Impact of COVID-19 - "WorldBank"
- (15/12/20) New World Bank Project to Improve Quality of School Education in Nagaland, India - "WorldBank"
- (15/12/20) World Bank Approves Four India Projects Worth over $800 million - "WorldBank"
- (15/12/20) New World Bank Project to Support Nutrition-Supportive Agriculture in Tribal-Dominated Areas of Chhattisgarh, India - "WorldBank"
- (15/12/20) New Economic Analysis for Malawi Calls for Efficient Public Investment Management to Improve Service Delivery in Water and Energy - "WorldBank"
- (15/12/20) New Economic Analysis for Malawi Calls for Efficient Public Investment Management to Improve Service Delivery in Water and Energy - "WorldBank"
- (16/12/20) IFC, Ministry of Entrepreneurship Partner to Support Entrepreneurship, Create Jobs in the West Bank - "IFC"
- (16/12/20) IFC Finances Hikma Pharmaceuticals to Boost Medical Supply Delivery During COVID-19 - "IFC"
- (17/12/20) Indonesia: Support for Public Health and Affected Households and Firms Critical for a Secure and Fast Recovery - "WorldBank"
- (17/12/20) IFC Supports BioE to expand access to low-cost vaccines in developing countries - "IFC"
- (17/12/20) IFC, IFC Emerging Asia Fund to invest US$76 million alongside Puravankara Group to Boost High-quality Affordable Housing in India - "IFC"
- (17/12/20) Uzbekistan Set to Deliver Improved Dialysis Services to Patients with IFC Support - "IFC"
- (17/12/20) IFC partners with ADIH to help garment industry in Haiti recover from COVID-19 and attract investments - "IFC"
- (17/12/20) IFC Helps Morocco Improve Infrastructure, Combat COVID-19 - "IFC"
- (21/12/20) IFC Support to PT. KB Finansia Multi Finance to Help Indonesian Businesses, Drive Economic Recovery - "IFC"
- (21/12/20) IFC, Nedbank Partner to Increase Green Financing in South Africa - "IFC"
- (21/12/20) Partnership with Norway Helps Push IFC’s Global Health Platform Forward- "IFC"
- (21/12/20) World Bank/IFC Report Provides Roadmap for Stronger Private Sector-Led Growth in Egypt - "IFC"
- (21/12/20) IFC provides Fedecrédito with the first gender-focused funding backed by remittances - "IFC"
- (22/12/20) IFC and CARD MRI Partner to Help Filipina Entrepreneurs Weather COVID-19 -"IFC"
- (22/12/20) Pacific Funds Think Long-Term Amid Impacts from COVID-19 Pandemic, Survey Finds - "IFC"
Asian Development Bank
- (16/12/20) Innovative Drinking Water Project Sets New Standards in Rural West Bengal- "ADB"
- (17/12/20) Broadband Internet Satellite is Key to Achieving Papua New Guinea's Vision for Effective e-Government Services - "ADB"
- (17/12/20) ADB, India Sign $300 Million Loan to Upgrade Power Distribution Network in Uttar Pradesh - "ADB"
- (17/12/20) Asia’s Water Security—the Glass is Still Half Full - "ADB"
- (18/12/20) Water Security a Top Priority in COVID-19 Recovery, Says ADB Report - "ADB"
- (19/12/20) $231 Million ADB Loan to Help Increase Supply of Clean Energy in India - "ADB"
- (20/12/20) ADB, Northern Arc Sign Loan to Support Microfinance Borrowers and MSMEs in India - "ADB"
- (23/12/20) ADB, NNS Sign Loans to Build Milestone Solar Power Project in Uzbekistan - "ADB"
African Development Bank
- (15/12/20) African Development Bank approves $14.96 million project to boost women entrepreneurs in Sudan - "AfDB"
- (15/12/20) Making Finance Work for Africa partnership holds virtual 2020 Annual General Assembly - "AfDB"
- (15/12/20) Trend toward green energy, decarbonization is an opportunity for African mining - "AfDB"
- (16/12/20) The African Development Bank secures nearly $90 million in new donor funds to transform the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa - "AfDB"
- (17/12/20) Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges - "AfDB"
- (17/12/20) Madagascar: The African Development Bank approves $43 million loan to finance second phase of power transmission project - "AfDB"
- (18/12/20) Sahel Group of Five: African Development Bank approves program to expand solar energy generation under Desert-to-Power scheme - "AfDB"
- (18/12/20) African Development Bank Group Approves EUR400 million Lusophone Compact Guarantee program to boost private sector development - "AfDB"
- (18/12/20) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa and Clean Technology Fund provide $25 million in funding for medium scale independent power producers - "AfDB"
- (18/12/20) African Development Bank’s Board of Directors approves the Bank’s borrowing program for 2021 - "AfDB"
- (22/12/20) African Development Bank approves $7 million in SEFA technical assistance to transform mini-grid investment in Africa - "AfDB"
- (22/12/20) The African Development Bank and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) join forces to mainstream natural capital in development finance - "AfDB"
CDC Group
- (16/12/20) Why and how we invest in manufacturing - "CDC"
- (16/12/20) What is the impact of investing in manufacturing? -"CDC"
- (17/12/20) Renewable energy platform Ayana hits $721 million in funding as CDC, NIIF and GGEF agree to inject further capital - "CDC"
- (17/12/20) 14Trees pioneers 3D printing technology in Africa for affordable housing and schools - "CDC"
- (24/12/20) Financing for climate adaptation can drive Africa’s economic development and climate goals - "CDC"
EBRD
- (03/12/20) VIDEO: Addressing climate change is an opportunity, not a cost - "EBRD"
- (16/12/20) Tremend and Vivre Deco pioneer digitalisation in Romania - "EBRD"
- (16/12/20) EBRD and EU strengthen small businesses in Tunisia - "EBRD"
- (17/12/20) Online learning takes off at Gafurov medical college in Tajikistan - "EBRD"
- (17/12/20) EBRD training for SMEs flourishes online amid pandemic - "EBRD"
- (18/12/20) EBRD and GCF boost green economy and value chains in Morocco -"EBRD"
- (18/12/20) EBRD facilitates expansion of Uzbekistan’s Healthline - "EBRD"
- (18/12/20) EBRD unlocks fresh funding for SMEs in Albania - "EBRD"
- (21/12/20) EBRD and Bank of Palestine boost small businesses in West Bank and Gaza - "EBRD"
- (23/12/20) EBRD supports Egypt’s tourism sector - "EBRD"
EIB
- (15/12/20) France: GAGEO announces second closing of €85 million for the GAGEO 1 fund - "EIB"
- (15/12/20) Team Europe contributes €500 million to COVAX initiative to provide one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses for low and middle income countries- "EIB"
- (16/12/20) The EIB and UNECE establish an Information Repository of good practices and lessons learned in land-use planning and industrial safety - "EIB"
- (16/12/20) EIB Group backs € 12.5 billion COVID-19 support, business, clean energy transport and urban investment - "EIB"
- (18/12/20) Mauritius: EIB and FIND back innovative plant-based reagent manufacturing in Africa to fight COVID-19 and other endemic diseases - "EIB"
- (21/12/20) EIB backs CargoBeamer with €12.6 million to support deployment of new freight rail technology - "EIB"
- (23/12/20) UniCredit and EIB: an additional €500 million for Italian mid-caps to tackle the COVID-19 crisis - "EIB"
FinnFund
FMO
- (11/12/20) FMO and Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Invest in Agritech Startup Aerobotics - "FMO"
- (17/12/20) Evaluation: FMO improved microfinance sector in Myanmar - "FMO"
- (18/12/20) FMO continues to support SME sector in Turkey through Odeabank - "FMO"
- (21/12/20) COVID-19 sewage surveillance pilot project in Nairobi (Kenya) - "FMO"
Nordic Development Fund
- (17/12/20) EEP Africa Supervisory Board concludes an unconventional year- "NDF"
- (22/12/20) Energising Resilience – a new study on energy and climate - "NDF"
DFC
Misc Development Finance
- (29/09/20) One Tech, One World- "Ankur Capital"
- (21/10/20) The Investors Guide to Impact — A Guide to Moving the Needle - "CSP at University of Zurich"
- (23/11/20) Bain Capital raises $800m for second impact investing fund - "Private Equity News"
- (25/11/20) Africa is the biggest investment opportunity the US is missing out on - "TRT World"
- (-/12/20)WHITE PAPER: The Convergence of Financial and Physical Wellness, a New Paradigm - "Apis Partners"
- (-/12/20) WORKING PAPER: Harvard Business School -Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry - "Harvard Business School"
- (-/12/20) Ocean Solutions that Benefit People, Nature and the Economy - "Ocean Panel"
- (-/12/20) PODCAST: #44 Eric Savage: Impact in India, the land of entrepreneurs - "John Treadgold"
- (-12/12/20)PODCAST: Grow the Pie: what can we learn from Milton Friedman? - "London Business School"
- (-/12/20) Missing Perspectives: How women are left out of the news - "Gates Foundation"
- (-/12/20) Mobilizing ‘Protein Diversification’ to transform how we produce food - "WEF"
- (01/12/20) Hedge Fund Veteran Chris James to Start Impact-Investing Firm - "Bloomberg"
- (02/12/20) Impact Investing Is Ubiquitous, but Where’s the Impact? - 'Non Profit Quarterly"
- (02/12/20) In the jungles of Borneo a novel approach to end deforestation — and the spread of disease - "The Fern"
- (03/12/20) How the European Union could achieve net-zero emissions at net-zero cost - Mckinsey & Co"
- (05/12/20) Which countries have the smartest kids?- "WEF"
- (09/12/20) VIDEO: FinTech for an Inclusive Society and a Sustainable Planet | Part 1: Individuals - "Singapore FinTech Festival"
- (09/12/20) VIDEO: FinTech for an Inclusive Society and a Sustainable Planet | Part 3: Asian Carbon Credit Market- "Singapore FinTech Festival"
- (10/12/20) Precision agriculture could boost India's food production capacity, encourage sustainable farming - "First Post"
- (10/12/20) Meet the startup bringing hard data to impact investing - "Sifted"
- (11/12/20) Hedging INR for the long-term: Policy tools for management of foreign exchange reserves need to be developed- "Financial Express"
- (12/12/20) Impact of COVID-19 on India's agritech sector and other key findings from an Accel-Omnivore study - "YourStory"
- (15/12/20) Article Series: Decoding Venture Debt - "Stride Ventures"
- (17/12/20) Fighting against a tide of marine plastic as Covid-19 worsens pollution problem - "The Straits Times"
- (17/12/20) With historic picks, Biden puts environmental justice front and center - "Washington Post"
Misc in Technology
- (16/11/20) Lasagna-As-A-Service - "The Financial Experience Podcast"
- (30/11/20) Electric vehicles - Fast and furious…and green - Asteria Investment Management
- (30/11/20) New Energy Giants Are Renewable Companies: Iberdrola, Enel, NextEra, Orsted - "Bloomberg"
- (01/12/20) SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time - "Tech Crunch"
- (04/12/20) Payroll FinTechs: Financial Wellness for Employees - "Whitesight"
- (04/12/20) Tata Motors delivers first 26 of 340 electric buses for mass mobility in Mumbai - "Autocar Professional"
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- (02/12/20) The dawn of digital medicine- "The Economist"
- (04/12/20) Why Melinda Gates Spends Time ‘Letting My Heart Break’ - "NY Times"
- (05/12/20) Warning lights are flashing for Big Tech as they did for banks - "Financial Times"
- (05/12/20) Homeless housing funds spark ethical debate over ESG profits - "Financial Times"
- (05/12/20) The costs of tackling climate change keep on falling - "Financial Times"
- (07/12/20) ‘This Is Insanity’: Start-Ups End Year in a Deal Frenzy - "NY Times"
- (21/12/20) DFC And The Rockefeller Foundation Sign MOU to Invest in Solutions to End Energy Poverty- "Rockefeller Foundation"
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