Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact

Blended concessional finance, the combination of concessional funds with other types of finance on commercial terms, has great potential to mobilize capital and accelerate high-impact private sector investments in new and challenging markets. Yet f...

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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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456761573039281566/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Governance-Matters-for-Impact
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spelling okr-10986-326502021-05-25T10:54:36Z Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia Karlin, Arthur Lauridsen, Morten Lykke CONCESSIONAL FINANCE BLENDED FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCESS TO FINANCE EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT Blended concessional finance, the combination of concessional funds with other types of finance on commercial terms, has great potential to mobilize capital and accelerate high-impact private sector investments in new and challenging markets. Yet full development of these efforts requires strong governance. International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been working for some time to develop a robust governance system for blended concessional finance, guided by the development finance institutions enhanced principles, a set of principles that employ special operating procedures and checks and balances when using blended concessional finance for private sector projects. While no universal approach will fit all implementers of blended concessional finance, good governance is a common challenge. These institutions need to learn from each other to ensure good governance, as the sharing of experiences is crucial to building global trust in the use of concessional funds. And to work well, governance structures need to be transparent and focus on solving potential conflicts of interest. 2019-11-20T21:27:39Z 2019-11-20T21:27:39Z 2019-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456761573039281566/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Governance-Matters-for-Impact http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32650 English EMCompass,no. 66; 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
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topic CONCESSIONAL FINANCE
BLENDED FINANCE
FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACCESS TO FINANCE
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
spellingShingle CONCESSIONAL FINANCE
BLENDED FINANCE
FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACCESS TO FINANCE
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Sierra-Escalante, Kruskaia
Karlin, Arthur
Lauridsen, Morten Lykke
Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact
relation EMCompass,no. 66;
description Blended concessional finance, the combination of concessional funds with other types of finance on commercial terms, has great potential to mobilize capital and accelerate high-impact private sector investments in new and challenging markets. Yet full development of these efforts requires strong governance. International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been working for some time to develop a robust governance system for blended concessional finance, guided by the development finance institutions enhanced principles, a set of principles that employ special operating procedures and checks and balances when using blended concessional finance for private sector projects. While no universal approach will fit all implementers of blended concessional finance, good governance is a common challenge. These institutions need to learn from each other to ensure good governance, as the sharing of experiences is crucial to building global trust in the use of concessional funds. And to work well, governance structures need to be transparent and focus on solving potential conflicts of interest.
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 : Governance Matters for Impact
title_short Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact
title_full Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact
title_fullStr Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact
title_full_unstemmed Blended Concessional Finance : Governance Matters for Impact
title_sort blended concessional finance : governance matters for impact
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456761573039281566/Blended-Concessional-Finance-Governance-Matters-for-Impact
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32650
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