Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
Blending funds from private investors with concessional funds from donors and philanthropic sourceshas a strong potential to scale up investment in lower-income countries and thereby acceleratedevelopment. The use of blended concessional finance is...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/505351547847027202/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Scaling-Up-Private-Investment-in-Lower-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31199 |
| Summary: | Blending funds from private investors
with concessional funds from donors and philanthropic
sourceshas a strong potential to scale up investment in
lower-income countries and thereby acceleratedevelopment.
The use of blended concessional finance is already prevalent
in lower-income countriesrepresenting over 70 percent of
IFC’s commitments. Recent strategies from development
financeinstitutions including the World Bank Group indicate
that the relative share of lower-income countries in the
global mix of blended concessional finance will increase
further. Scaling up engagements in lower-income countries
requires solutions tailored to local contexts, as well as
the deployment of the whole spectrum of development finance
tools, including advisory work, regulatory dialogue and
reform, and a mix of blending instruments encompassing both
pricing and risk mitigation features. |
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