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Report - Access to Finance for the Film Industry in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica
Ce rapport, intitulé "Access to Finance for the Film Industry in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica", se concentre sur l'accès au financement pour l'industrie du film en République dominicaine et en J...
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Evaluation summary - Évaluation ex post des lignes de crédit dédiées climat aux institutions financières (FR)
Lutter contre le changement climatique est une priorité majeure pour le groupe AFD qui s’est engagé dans sa stratégie Climat et Développement 2017-2022 à consacrer 50% de ses financements à des projet...
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Replay webinar: "Success Stories in the Creative Industries in Africa and Other Emerging Markets"
This webinar explored how innovative financing mechanisms, such as the CREA Fund—implemented by Proparco and supported by the European Union through the CreatiFI initiative—are empowering the growth o...
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Can private investment finance clean energy in Southeast Asia?
Demand, policy support and supply-chain development have together created a compelling opportunity for private finance to invest in renewable energy in Southeast Asia – private equity funds, as well a...
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Persuading businesses to commit: the WWF approach
For an NGO such as WWF, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an effective lever for influencing the practices of the private sector and for challenging its economic models. WWF therefore develops...
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Africa: on the way to CSR
Nowadays the concept of CSR is becoming increasingly widespread and is endorsed by a growing number of economic actors. Yet awareness levels in sub-Saharan Africa remain low, and few businesses implem...
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The role of development finance institutions in promoting CSR
Development finance institutions such as Proparco help the companies they finance to improve their environmental and social (E&S) practices. Their role is not limited to E&S risk management: they also...
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Building long term agricultural partnerships in Africa: four lessons from the Olam experience
Focus Emerging Africa offers increasing opportunities, both as a growing consumer market and a vibrant production centre. Of course there are challenges and risks, but these are surmountable with the...
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The role of private equity funding in the development of Africa's agriculture
Ensuring that Africa can feed itself by 2050 and contribute to the increasing global demand for food will require well-targeted coordination and collaboration between governments, donors, entrepreneur...
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Democratising access to higher education: a story from Brazil
Anhanguera is part of a new generation of private companies that have flourished during the last decade in Brazil catering to the demand from a growing middle class for higher education. Thanks to con...
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Education for all: the private sector can contribute
Education is a human right, which states have the responsibility to ensure. But they need not be the sole provider. Private involvement can increase financial resources committed to education and supp...
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How can development finance institutions help to build an effective African banking sector?
Limited, fragmented, inefficient and characterised by strong regional disparities, Sub-Saharan Africa's banking sectors lack the capability to meet the private sector's financing needs. Development fi...
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Development in Africa through mobile money democratization
Mobile money, an African success story, offers numerous benefits, particularly to those who do not have access to banks. Its first phase has facilitated access to and transfers of cash, but there is m...
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Harnessing non-state education providers through innovative financing
If properly harnessed, the non-state education sector has the potential to improve access to quality education services for the poor. Significant gaps remain among governments and donors in developing...
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Outlook and key factors for the development of pan-African banking groups
In Africa, public-sector banks have more or less disappeared and international institutions have partially withdrawn from the continent – facilitating the emergence of pan-African banking groups whose...
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An innovative model for basic education in Peru
Delivering quality in basic education remains a challenge for Peru. Innova Schools is tackling this through a fast growing programme that will, by 2020, cater for up to 70,000 students. This requires...
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Rural electrification in Africa: An economic development opportunity?
Electricity is expensive and difficult to access in Sub-Saharan Africa. Improving infrastructures would accelerate the electrification of rural areas but requires a high level of funding. Decentralise...
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Decentralised Services Companies: innovative partnerships for rural electrification in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest electrification rates of all developing regions, and its rural areas are the most poorly provisioned of all. To meet this specific challenge, EDF and its partners hav...
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The Philippines: a public-private partnership for educational development
In 2016, the Philippines will bring its educational system in line with other Southeast Asian countries, adding two years of senior high school. Building on the experience of a public-private partners...
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Adding value at source in West Africa – a win-win-win scenario
Anthony Pile sets out to show that business opportunities abound in developing Africa, and not just because the cost of labour is relatively low. Indeed, he argues that, despite some local difficultie...
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