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From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa
Most Sub-Saharan African countries try to promote rural electrification through both centralized and decentralized approaches. This guide focuses on the decentralized approach, providing practical…
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Mini Grids and the Arrival of the Main Grid: Lessons from Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia
One of the key concerns raised by the developers of mini grids is "what will become of my mini grid when the main grid arrives?" This report presents detailed case studies of what happened to…
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Mini Grids for Half a Billion People: Market Outlook and Handbook for Decision Makers
Approximately 1.2 billion people will need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a combination of the main grid extension, mini…
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PPPLRC 2018 Report
In 2018, the site continued to get high traffic, including 1,400,736 views over 596,584 unique visitors. Close to 210,000 visitors had an “interaction” with the site, such as downloading a document,…
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Sofia Airport Tender Documentation
Tender Document for the Designation of a Concessionaire and Awarding a Works Concession for Airport in Sofia of 5 July 2018 as amended on 29 March 2019 published by the Republic of Bulgaria,…
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Resilience: Policy and Guidance
This portal provide policies and guidances of U.S Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
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Blended Finance for Climate Investments in India
The Blended Finance for Climate Investments in India report, published by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on March 13, 2024, explores the use of blended finance—mixing public and private…
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Toolkits for Policymakers to Green the Financial System
The World Bank’s 2021 report, Toolkits for Policymakers to Green the Financial System, provides an overview of policy tools available to public authorities—such as finance ministries, central banks,…
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Understanding Global Concessional Climate Finance 2024
According to the Climate Policy Initiative’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2023, international concessional climate finance rose by 50% since 2019, reaching USD 81 billion in 2022. …
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Promoting Gender Equality through Performance-based Financial Incentives: An Analysis of IDB Invest’s Experience
This guide highlights the use of performance-based incentives (PBIs)—like interest rate reductions tied to gender targets—as a tool for development finance practitioners to promote gender equality.…
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Blended Finance and the Gender-Energy Nexus: A Stocktaking Report
This report, authored by Ayesha Bery and colleagues, reviews current practices in gender-responsive climate blended finance, focusing on the energy sector. It is structured in three parts: …
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Closing the Gender Finance Gap through the Use of Blended Finance
Women-owned and women-led SMEs (WSMEs) face major barriers to accessing capital, particularly in emerging markets. Blended finance—concessional public or philanthropic funding combined with…
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Outcome-Based Concessional Blended Finance for Sustainable Financing: Key Lessons and Insights from Latin America
This study by CIF-TAF and IDB Invest explores how outcome-based concessional blended finance, paired with technical assistance, can drive sustainability in financial institutions (FIs). Using…
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The Why and How of Blended Finance
Blended concessional finance (BF)—the use of catalytic public or philanthropic capital to attract private investment—is playing a growing role in advancing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.…
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OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles
The OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles offer a clear framework to guide donors in effectively using blended finance to unlock commercial capital for the SDGs. These principles include a five-…
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State of Blended Finance 2024: Climate Edition
The State of Blended Finance 2024 climate edition arrives amid heightened urgency to tackle climate change and achieve the SDGs. The report underscores the importance of blended finance in mobilizing…
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State of Blended Finance 2024
The State of Blended Finance 2024 by Convergence introduces a two-report annual cycle, with a general market report each spring and a climate-focused edition in the fall. This April edition…
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PPPs in the EU: Widespread Shortcomings and Limited Benefits (ECA 2018)
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used across the EU to deliver infrastructure, especially in transport, but only a small portion has involved EU funds. Between 2000–2014, just 84 PPPs…
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Assessing the Welfare and Distributional Impacts of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Interventions
This Reference Paper supports World Bank Group (WBG) teams in assessing the welfare and distributional impacts of private sector participation in infrastructure interventions. It underpins the…
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Maximizing Finance for Development: Impact Bonds for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Access to safe water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remains deeply unequal, hindering progress toward SDG 6. While coverage has improved, millions still lack safely managed…
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Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure in Latin America: Instruments, Strategies and Partnerships for Institutional Investors Mobilization
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted global and regional economies, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with an 8.1% economic contraction in 2020. Global energy demand fell…
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The OECD DAC Blended Finance Guidance
Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement goals requires scaling up and aligning all financial resources—public and private—with sustainable development objectives. Blended finance is a vital…
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World Bank Group Approaches to Mobilize Private Capital for Development - An Independent Evaluation
This Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) report was led by Senior Evaluation Officer Raghavan Narayanan with contributions from a multidisciplinary team of experts in infrastructure, finance, and…
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Blended Concessional Finance - The Benefits of Transparency and Access
Blended concessional finance is the strategic use of concessional funds from public or philanthropic sources combined with commercial finance from private investors and development finance…
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Beyond Leverage Ratios: A Strategic Approach to Blended Finance
This study rethinks how blended finance should be assessed, shifting the focus from private capital leverage ratios to net social returns, which consider broader economic impacts and taxpayer costs.…