James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The past two decades have seen remarkable expansion in the scope, scale and aspiration of development finance institution technical assistance (DFI TA ). In general, DFIs deploy TA alongside their investments in businesses, to reduce risk, increase or safeguard impact, increase value, and create a better enabling environment.

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James Militzer

JULY 20, 2022

Several years ago, before the pandemic, we wrote in NextBillion about the potential for an innovative financing model – development impact bonds – to reduce poverty and make aid more effective. Agency For International Development’s Development Innovation Ventures (USAID DIV) and the U.K. Paying for Results.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ashok Parameswaran, President of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, highlights the challenges of achieving environmental and social impact via emerging markets bonds. This is the staggering figure unveiled at the COP27 Summit this week in a report commissioned by the British and Egyptian governments.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Sir Ronald Cohen, veteran venture capitalist and impact investing guru, explains why he believes we’re on the verge of an impact revolution. Last month, the IFVI issued its draft methodology for impact accounting, building on the work of Harvard Business School’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative , which Cohen also chaired.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As such, social-focused issues are increasingly featured in investors’ engagement strategies, with corporates challenged to pay their workers fairly , be more transparent about their in-house equity progress , and disclose their gender and ethnicity pay gaps. . Getting to grips with impact .

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Impact Investing Social Sustainability 52