Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments

Achieving the sustainable development goals is estimated to require additional financing on the order of 2.6 trillion dollars in emerging markets and low-income countries in 2030. A substantial increase in private investment is required to close th...

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Main Authors:	Klimenko, Svetlana V., Bouye, Eric, Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SUSTAINABLE INVESTING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251573038351155/Institutional-Investing-A-New-Investor-Forum-and-Growing-Interest-in-Sustainable-Emerging-Markets-Investments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32648

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spelling	okr-10986-326482021-05-25T10:54:36Z Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments Klimenko, Svetlana V. Bouye, Eric Lauridsen, Morten Lykke SUSTAINABLE INVESTING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Achieving the sustainable development goals is estimated to require additional financing on the order of 2.6 trillion dollars in emerging markets and low-income countries in 2030. A substantial increase in private investment is required to close this financing gap. Fortunately, institutional investors - who control the magnitude of funds needed - increasingly see sustainable, long-term investing and allocations in infrastructure as intriguing prospects. These investors face challenges to realize these opportunities, however. The investor forum held at the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit, which included some of the world’s largest investors, focused on solutions to these challenges. The resulting Buenos Aires call to action calls for a more regular dialogue with policy makers at the highest level and underlines the need to break away from the short-termism that plagues current investment strategies. It also highlights a series of concrete actions designed to increase the flow of sustainable long-term investments. 2019-11-20T21:02:25Z 2019-11-20T21:02:25Z 2019-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251573038351155/Institutional-Investing-A-New-Investor-Forum-and-Growing-Interest-in-Sustainable-Emerging-Markets-Investments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32648 English EMCompass,no. 64; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Latin America & Caribbean Argentina
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description	Achieving the sustainable development goals is estimated to require additional financing on the order of 2.6 trillion dollars in emerging markets and low-income countries in 2030. A substantial increase in private investment is required to close this financing gap. Fortunately, institutional investors - who control the magnitude of funds needed - increasingly see sustainable, long-term investing and allocations in infrastructure as intriguing prospects. These investors face challenges to realize these opportunities, however. The investor forum held at the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit, which included some of the world’s largest investors, focused on solutions to these challenges. The resulting Buenos Aires call to action calls for a more regular dialogue with policy makers at the highest level and underlines the need to break away from the short-termism that plagues current investment strategies. It also highlights a series of concrete actions designed to increase the flow of sustainable long-term investments.
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author	Klimenko, Svetlana V. Bouye, Eric Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
author_facet	Klimenko, Svetlana V. Bouye, Eric Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
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title	Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments
title_short	Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments
title_full	Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments
title_fullStr	Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments
title_full_unstemmed	Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments
title_sort	institutional investing : a new investor forum and growing interest in sustainable emerging markets investments
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251573038351155/Institutional-Investing-A-New-Investor-Forum-and-Growing-Interest-in-Sustainable-Emerging-Markets-Investments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32648
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Institutional Investing : A New Investor Forum and Growing Interest in Sustainable Emerging Markets Investments

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