With an investment of $5 million, the SANAD ESF II contributed to the $36 million first close of the Badia Impact Fund Squared, which targets early-stage, innovative SMEs in need of equity funding to scale up operations.

Symbiotics publishes its inaugural global impact fund survey, merging its historical microfinance investment vehicle survey, started with the CGAP in 2007, and its private debt impact fund survey, started with the Global Impact Investing Network in 2018.

This online tool is meant for donors and development finance institutions to leverage the potential of data to achieve financial inclusion impact.

The analysis concludes that the investments as part of the joint ILO-EU STRENGHTEN Project triggered an increase in employment numbers along with improved skills of the labor force, management systems of the investee companies, and labor practices.

Analysis of over 150 investment funds targeting emerging and frontier markets with a development impact focus

How investors and startup founders can conduct a successful due diligence process remotely

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Compass Group have announced an alliance to channel working capital to hundreds of Peruvian companies from multiple economic sectors which have been severely impacted by the economic crisis generated by the COVID–19 pandemic.

Based on workshops with nearly 300 participants from 30 countries, this COVID-19 Briefing contains insights for creditors and debtors on ways to effectively manage debt restructuring talks, brought on by the COVID-19 crisis.

What can donors do to advance key objectives for building robust and customer-centric payment systems?

The decision of the National Bank of Ethiopia followed the chronic foreign currency shortage the country has been facing for many years.