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....
View ArticleAchieving 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...
View ArticlePrivate 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...
View ArticleAccelerating 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...
View ArticleEuropean 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...
View ArticleImpact 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...
View ArticleTraps 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAfrica: 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...
View ArticlePersuading 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleBoosting 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleTowards 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,...
View ArticleMeeting 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...
View ArticleAdapting 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...
View ArticleGreen 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...
View ArticleTowards 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...
View ArticleChile, 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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