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Accelerating the green transformation of cities: role of the private sector
The UN estimates that cities are responsible for 75 percent of global CO2 emissions. If we are to have any hope of keeping to the Paris Agreement and limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees then it’s w...
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Financing and supporting the transition to clean public transporation in Colombia
The challenge facing Colombia in its transition to clean energy (including electric) public transportation is largely structural: transportation networks are managed independently by the cities, resul...
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Implementing Smart Cities in Africa: a project framework
According to the International Telecommunications Union and the UN, a smart city is, “... an innovative city that uses … ICT and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation a...
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Enabling Africa’s digital transformation with world-class technology
A partnership between Proparco and pioneering digital network and data company WIOCC is contributing to enabling Africa’s digital transformation. The initiative is creating a world-class technology en...
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Improving energy efficiency and minimising the effects of climate change in the hospitality sector
Hospitality is one of the most energy-intensive sectors in real estate. In many markets in Africa, energy represents a significant burden on profitability, yet the sector has never fully embraced ener...
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Project preparation funds: an effective solution for unlocking investment in sustainable infrastructure in Afr...
Financing of essential local services and sustainable infrastructure in African cities is not sufficient to meet current demand. Project preparation funds can provide both preliminary technical assist...
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The role of the manufacturing sector in Asian economic development
When studying industrial development dynamics and their impacts on the economy worldwide, the Asian case is an obvious example. Huge investments in the manufacturing sector have brought about rapid st...
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Supply chain diversification due to Covid-19 to benefit Africa?
With its booming population, Africa may have no choice but to rapidly expand its industrial base. Doing so has been given impetus by European companies’ desire to bring their supply chains closer to p...
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Short-term impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on the African manufacturing sector
Initial reports and data on the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis between March and June 2020 highlight the relative resilience of African countries when compared to other emerging countries such as Braz...
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Reducing gender inequality: approach by a bank
Gender inequalities in Panama are still prevalent and women’s participation in the country’s economy is still low. Despite government intervention to address these inequalities, private sector involve...
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What the 2X Challenge is teaching us about gender lens investing
Almost two years after its launch, we look back at the 2X Challenge initiative, which aims to increase capital flows towards private sector initiatives that benefit women.
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Women’s investment: financial instruments promoting inclusive economic development
Despite having one of the highest levels of women entrepreneurs in the world, the economic potential of women in Africa remains undervalued. This is in particular due to a range of financing that does...
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Gender and climate: levers for sustainable development
Women are first in line when it comes to tackling climate change. Whether they are involved in producing and managing resources or in climate negotiations, women are fully-fledged stakeholders in the...
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Empowering women through financial inclusion: the case of Tunisia
Cultural and social constraints on women are still very much alive in Tunisia and continue to check their considerable economic potential. Enda understood this from the outset in 1995 and it provides...
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The private sector: a key player in reducing gender inequalities
Enabling women to become agents of social and economic change in Pakistan is the main objective of the Kashf Foundation. Since 1996, it has been providing microcredit and loan offers specifically for...
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Africa Gas
Proparco's aim in supporting the activities of Gas Logistics is to promote access to energy sources other than coal or wood in Kenya and Uganda, in order to reduce combustion-related pollution and com...
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How can general impact investors tackle gender-related issues?
Gender equality is a crucial component in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and more and more investment funds and stakeholders in the finance arena are starting to factor it int...
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Twenty-five years after the Beijing Conference, achievements and persisting gaps
Over the past 25 years, undeniable achievements have been made in the field of gender equality and the promotion of women’s rights and opportunities. But this progress is still far too slow: at the cu...
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A key ingredient for Africa’s growth: investing in women entrepreneurs
Bridging gender gaps requires identifying and implementing programs and policies that target the specific constraints that women entrepreneurs face, and working with all actors in the private sector,...
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The private sector and cross-cutting gender issues in UN Sustainable Development Goals
In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs) by 2030, the public policies of the signatory states have been placed at the heart of the mechanism. But the private sector has an undenia...
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