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Responding to pandemics: development funders light the way
Three key figures in development finance institutions working with the healthcare sectors of developing countries provide their insights gleaned at the coalface of pandemic responses. The funding and...
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How digital innovation supports development and can aid the Covid-19 recovery
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many day-to-day activities – meetings, working, shopping- were made possible because they moved online. This highlighted the critical role of digital infrastructure in su...
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Scaling up blended finance to build back better
Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been delayed by Covid-19, leading to a rise in poverty and inequality. Additional effort is needed to adapt to climate change: funding will be req...
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Development finance institutions: major players in Africa’s post-Covid recovery
For the past two years, Proparco and its European counterparts have been on the front line in tackling the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Through record financial commitments and a w...
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Advans Côte d'Ivoire 2015
The capital increase of Advans Côte d’Ivoire, the country’s third largest microfinance institution, will support the development of its activities, particularly outside Abidjan where populations are g...
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Beyond recovery: toward innovative, inclusive private sector financing
Despite the extensive use of development finance institutions (DFIs) in recent years, the Covid-19 pandemic has shed a harsh light on the persistence of gender inequalities, particularly in terms of a...
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Stakeholders’ voice – using technology to collect feedback directly from the key people
The world has now lived with the Covid-19 pandemic for over two years. The evidence shows that it has hit the least-developed countries the hardest. At the same time, climate change is increasingly af...
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The pandemic as a driver of innovation for private sector companies in Africa
During the last two years, a large number of companies have developed innovative strategies to navigate through the Covid-19 crisis. What this meant: everything that could be organised remotely in doi...
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Europe’s huge opportunity: mobilising the private sector for development
“Team Europe” is a space that allows for strengthened cooperation across European development finance actors. For the European DFIs, strengthened cooperation with EU institutions will be key to enabli...
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European DFIs in a troubled world: strategic actors of the European financial architecture for development
In a rapidly changing world threatened by the risk of irreversible climate change, major crises and an increasingly polarised world order, Europe has to articulate its external actions in a more strat...
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Building a collaborative recovery
Collaboration among European DFIs has continued to grow during the pandemic and has helped these institutions achieve their investment objectives based on complementary expertise, networks and capacit...
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INAD-CI, an association of company directors promoting good governance
The National Institute of Directors of Côte d’Ivoire (Institut national des administrateurs de Côte d’Ivoire – INAD-CI) was set up in April 2013 by a group of corporate executives and professional org...
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Reforming governance in pursuit of growth: the case of Adenia and Opham
Adenia Partners is closely involved in the day-to-day management of its investees. In particular, it has partnered Opham, a Malagasy pharmaceutical products distributor, and recast its corporate gover...
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Good governance practices: Organizing business succession
Not planning your succession often means planning the failure of its transfer. Consequently, a successful transfer generally entails a successful planning of the succession. To achieve this, this plan...
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Agri VIE 2 - Proparco
Agri VIE II is a development capital fund specialized in agroindustry in Sub-Saharan Africa. It supports projects that promote the local manufacturing of products which were previously imported, as we...
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An example of commitment to good governance: DFIs and corporate governance support
With the collaboration of the CGDF Working Group: Marta Viegas-Rocha (IDB Invest), President; Sanaa Abouzaïd (SFI); Elisabeth Alpe (ADB); Vassilis Christakis (BSTDB); Andres Oneto (CAF); Shirley Payet...
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Start-ups and digital innovation: fertile ground for social transformation in Africa
Social innovation in Africa is currently closely bound up with the digital revolution. To generate economic development that benefits as many people as possible, the digital sector must conserve all o...
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Using measurement to enhance and share social business practices
To achieve credibility, social entrepreneurship must spell out the basic principles underlying its practices and objectively measure its outcomes. Measuring social performance – particularly by analys...
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What is the Actual Performance of Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities in Developing Countrie...
By examining progress achieved and problems encountered by 65 public-private partnerships (PPPs) implemented on different continents, a recent World Bank study is providing some objective facts from a...
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SME access to financing: capacities matter as much as resources
Donors must not simply focus on adopting strategies based on providing financing, they must also focus on demand. One of the reasons why it is difficult for SMEs to access financing is they are unable...
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