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Combining funding and technical assistance

By Cyril Renault, PROPARCODevelopment finance institutions sometimes provide their clients with technical assistance to strengthen their capacity in governance, management and financial administration....

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Achieving impact through technical assistance

By Halah Al-Jubeir, Gilles Galludec and Peer Stein International Finance Corporation (IFC)Economic development can be directed into emerging markets by promoting private sector engagement. By providing...

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Private equity and TA, a winning combination for SMEs

By Haziz Mebarek, Co-founder and EXECUTIVE director, Tuninvest-AfricInvest groupIs it still possible to envisage SME development in Africa without providing technical assistance as well as financial...

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Accelerating the expansion of microinsurance

By Nina Schuler, Director of LeapFrog LabsTechnical assistance provided by LeapFrog Labs enables microinsurance companies to grow stronger and innovate. This article highlights LeapFrog’s investment...

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European Union support for the private sector

By Jan ten Bloemendal, Alessandra Lustrati andSonia Pagliaro,European CommissionEuropean Union technical assistance is implemented at micro-, meso- and macroeconomic level to encourage growth and...

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Impact assessment of technical assistance projects

By Tobias Bidlingmaier Deutsche Investitions - und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG)It is becoming increasingly necessary to assess the impact of technical assistance projects. But the standard...

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Traps to avoid, lessons to be learned

By Klaus Niederländer and Peter Hinton,  Cooperatives Europe, Summit Development GroupWhat have the millions spent by development agencies on technical assistance actually been used for? What part will...

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The role of development finance institutions in promoting CSR

By Odile Conchou, Head of Environment, Social, Governance and Impact division, Juliette Ramondy, Senior investment officer in Portfolio Monitoring division and Julia Richard de Chicourt, Senior...

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Africa: on the way to CSR

By Phiilppe Barry, Specialist CSR consultant and founder of Initiative RSE Sénégal (the Senegal CSR initiative)Nowadays the concept of CSR is becoming increasingly widespread and is endorsed by a...

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Persuading businesses to commit: the WWF approach

By Anne Chetaille, International Programme Officer, Jochen Krimphoff, Deputy director, international programmes and Jean-Baptiste Roelens, ropical Forests and Climate Programme Officer, WWF France For...

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From aid to partnership: Lafarge’s CSR programme in sub-Saharan Africa

By Alan Kreisberg, Senior Vice-President for Sustainable Development, Lafarge and Pierre Delcroix, Vice-President for  Lafarge Industrial Ecology in the Middle East and AfricaIndustrial ecology is a...

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Boosting CSR in African SMEs: the experience of an impact investor

By Élodie Nocquet, Head of ESG, Investisseurs et PartenairesAfrican SMEs often lack the funding to put formal CSR policies in place, but doing so could help them to achieve greater economic success and...

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An agribusiness group pioneering CSR practice in Africa

By Franck Eba, Director, Integrated Agricultural Unit (DUAI) / Agroindustrial complex, SIFCA group subsidiary SucrivoireThe example of the Côte d’Ivoire group SIFCA demonstrates that CSR is a guarantee...

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Towards an intercultural approach to CSR in Africa

By Alexandre Wong, Coordinator of the network “RSE & Interculturalité” ¹By virtue of their specific cultural imperatives and practices, African businesses are invested with a social mission,...

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Meeting the challenge of funding the transition to low-carbon,...

By Caroline Edant, Expert Senior Climat, AFDCurrent funding levels are insufficient to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, despite resources such as some of the Kyoto Protocol...

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Adapting to climate-change: the private sector can contribute

By Craig Davies, Senior Manager for Climate Change Adaptation and Franka Klingel, Knowledge and Policy Manager, EBRD’s Energy Efficiency & Climate Change unitAdapting to climate change is one of...

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Green bonds – a promising tool for climate finance

By Tanguy Claquin, Global head of the Sustainable Banking team,Crédit Agricole CIBThe green bonds market is booming – boosting the growing flows of private capital being channelled towards energy...

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Towards carbon risk and climate performance recognition in the financial sector

By Fabien Hassan, Analyst,Hugues Chenet, Scientific Director andPierre Chastroux, Junior Analyst,2° Investing InitiativeDespite the clear need for their involvement, finance-industry players currently...

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Chile, a case of market-driven transition to renewables

By Carlos Eugenio Finat Díaz, Executive Director,ACERAChile has seen an astonishing surge in renewable energy production. Key factors underlying this success: an abundance of natural resources, an open...

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