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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Main Authors:	Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia, Karlin, Arthur, Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	CONCESSIONAL FINANCE BLENDED FINANCE PRIVATE INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
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

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spelling	okr-10986-311992021-05-25T10:54:36Z Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia Karlin, Arthur Lauridsen, Morten Lykke CONCESSIONAL FINANCE BLENDED FINANCE PRIVATE INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES LOW-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 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. 2019-02-01T20:36:49Z 2019-02-01T20:36:49Z 2018-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/505351547847027202/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Scaling-Up-Private-Investment-in-Lower-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31199 English EMCompass;Note 60 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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description	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.
format	Brief
author	Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia Karlin, Arthur Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
author_facet	Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia Karlin, Arthur Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
author_sort	Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia
title	Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
title_short	Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
title_full	Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
title_fullStr	Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries
title_sort	blended concessional finance : scaling up private investment in lower-income countries
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/505351547847027202/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Scaling-Up-Private-Investment-in-Lower-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31199
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Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries

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