March 2024
DATA BRIEF: BLENDED FINANCE IN SOUTH ASIA
South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, despite ongoing economic and social challenges. This data brief analyzes how blended finance approaches have been deployed in the region. The Convergence Historical Deals Database (HDD) has recorded 167 blended transactions targeting South Asia in part or in full, representing aggregate committed financing of $23.5 billion.
The brief also shares insights from interviews conducted with industry stakeholders, exploring the challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of blended finance in South Asia.
Read the blog for key takeaways or become a member to read the full brief
Read our latest member spotlight with Bernadette Blom , Co-Founder of FOUNT.eu to learn about their portfolio of impact funds, their approach to blended finance, how they integrate a gender lens in their work and more.
DATA BRIEF: BLENDED FINANCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet and plays a critical role in global agriculture. Blended finance can play a key role in helping to catalyze financing toward LAC’s agriculture and forestry sectors.
Our latest data brief analyzes how blended finance approaches have been deployed in LAC’s agriculture sector to date, with a focus on forestry, and shares insights from interviews conducted with industry stakeholders.
This data brief was made possible by the support of Good Energies Foundation .
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DESIGN FUNDING DEADLINE: CATALYTIC CLIMATE FINANCE FACILITY
The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) , a partnership between Convergence and Climate Policy Initiative , has launched its second call for applications, offering market-ready blended climate finance vehicles an opportunity to secure up to $500,000 in grant funding and receive 12-18 months of acceleration support services.
BLOG: THE GENDER ADVANTAGE: HOW TO BOLSTER WOMEN-LED FUNDS IN BLENDED FINANCE
For International Women’s Day Alicia Maitland and Mira Minkara explored the pressing need for increased gender diversity at the capital allocation level, and delved into initiatives by various players across blended finance fund structures that are tackling key barriers to entry that women face, including lack of experience and network-building, proper implementation of Gender Lens Investing (GLI) frameworks, and inconsistent investor/donor requirements.
DESIGN FUNDING DEADLINE: GENDER-RESPONSIVE CLIMATE FINANCE WINDOW
The Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Design Funding Window will award early-stage grant funding for the design and launch of innovative blended finance vehicles focused on the intersection of climate change and gender equality in emerging markets globally. The window is accepting concept notes for its Fall Round (Cycle 5) until August 30, 2024.
OP-ED: A WHALE-WATCHING MOMENT IN THE BLENDED FINANCE ECOSYSTEM
Read this op-ed by our CEO, Joan M Larrea discussing the rare spate of significant climate-related transactions that, if raised, could turn the tide for climate finance in developing economies.
Blended finance activity has remained relatively flat, gauging from the data Convergence has been able to verify and record stretching back over a decade, however we've recently seen burst of action including large-scale collaboration and capital mobilization.