The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports

This evaluation provides lessons that could inform IFC’s approach to the deployment of the blended finance instrument. Blended finance is a risk mitigation tool for investments that find it difficult to attract commercial funding. Blended finance r...

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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-332022021-05-25T10:54:39Z The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports Independent Evaluation Group IFC STRATEGY CONCESSIONAL FINANCE BLENDED FINANCE IFC PORTFOLIO COMMERCIAL SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISORY SERVICES This evaluation provides lessons that could inform IFC’s approach to the deployment of the blended finance instrument. Blended finance is a risk mitigation tool for investments that find it difficult to attract commercial funding. Blended finance refers to the combination of concessional and commercial funding in private sector-led projects. Its rationale is to support projects with potentially high social benefits, but that would not attract funding on strictly commercial terms due to their high risks. This note synthesizes evaluation findings from two sources: (i) IFC’s early experience with blended finance as reflected in 14 project evaluations of projects approved over 2010-2014; and (ii) a cluster of five Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs) of recent projects, approved over 2012-2016. The emphasis is on findings from the more recent projects. 2020-01-21T18:24:53Z 2020-01-21T18:24:53Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/631971574815673554/The-International-Finance-Corporation-s-Blended-Finance-Operations-Findings-from-a-Cluster-of-Project-Performance-Assessment-Reports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33202 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: IEG Evaluation
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topic IFC STRATEGY
CONCESSIONAL FINANCE
BLENDED FINANCE
IFC PORTFOLIO
COMMERCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
ADVISORY SERVICES
spellingShingle IFC STRATEGY
CONCESSIONAL FINANCE
BLENDED FINANCE
IFC PORTFOLIO
COMMERCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
ADVISORY SERVICES
Independent Evaluation Group
The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
description This evaluation provides lessons that could inform IFC’s approach to the deployment of the blended finance instrument. Blended finance is a risk mitigation tool for investments that find it difficult to attract commercial funding. Blended finance refers to the combination of concessional and commercial funding in private sector-led projects. Its rationale is to support projects with potentially high social benefits, but that would not attract funding on strictly commercial terms due to their high risks. This note synthesizes evaluation findings from two sources: (i) IFC’s early experience with blended finance as reflected in 14 project evaluations of projects approved over 2010-2014; and (ii) a cluster of five Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs) of recent projects, approved over 2012-2016. The emphasis is on findings from the more recent projects.
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author Independent Evaluation Group
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title The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
title_short The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
title_full The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
title_fullStr The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
title_full_unstemmed The International Finance Corporation’s Blended Finance Operations : Findings from a Cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports
title_sort international finance corporation’s blended finance operations : findings from a cluster of project performance assessment reports
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/631971574815673554/The-International-Finance-Corporation-s-Blended-Finance-Operations-Findings-from-a-Cluster-of-Project-Performance-Assessment-Reports
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