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World Bank seeks to boost firepower by offloading loan risk to investors

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · 19d

Great to see IFC mobilize $500m of private capital by warehousing and securitizing loans. An important addition to the mobilization toolkit. Hopefully this can be expanded in future tranches to include loans from other DFIs.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19d

World Bank seeks to boost firepower by offloading loan risk to investors on.ft.com/48mWh9p

Maiden securitisation by group’s corporate lending arm is planned to be first of many, says president

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Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · 29d

Great explanation of why large, formal firms are needed to drive increased productivity, exports and job creation. www.africanistperspective.com/p/there-will...

There will be no economic takeoff in Africa without lots of large (private sector) firms

On why African states’ jobs agenda must focus on catalyzing firm growth (and not disorganized investments in micro-entrepreneurship)

www.africanistperspective.com

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Aug 20

Good observations on what comes next for development cooperation. url:https://www.cgdev.org/publication/end-development-cooperation?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=cgd_email&utm_campaign=weekly_20250722

Calvert Impact’s market-shaping strategy for the future of impact

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Aug 12

Impact investors, like DFIs and MDBs, realize that we need to move from bespoke transactions to market making and scalable product development, if we are to move capital to where it is needed at the scale needed. impactalpha.com/calvert-impa...

Impact investing needs to move from doing deals to making markets; from building funds to building market shaping institutions, says Jenn Pryce of Calvert Impact.

Five ways European governments can support greater private capital mobilisation to low- and middle-income countries

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Jun 26

In today's resource constrained environment, here are five low cost, high impact actions that European governments can take now to support increased private capital flows to low and middle income countries. odi.org/en/insights/...

Ahead of FFD4 Neil Gregory offers five ways European governments can support greater private capital mobilisation to low- and middle- income countries.

Private Sector & Development #43 - European development finance institutions : Strategic players in changing times

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · May 30

Great set of articles on the future role of DFIs. www.proparco.fr/en/ressource...

Proparco is publishing the 43rd edition of its Private Sector & Development magazine, focused on the action of European development finance institutions (DFIs). In a world dominated by economic uncert...

www.proparco.fr

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · May 21

Blended finance can expand the reach of private finance, but can also distort markets if overused. But tools are emerging to calibrate how much concessionality to provide. I identify four promising approaches in my latest piece for ImpactAlpha.

impactalpha.com/blended-fina...

Four ways development banks are calibrating blended finance concessionality

Uncover the importance of concessionality in financing socially valuable investments while promoting private investment.

DFI sponsorship of new platforms and ventures: why and how?

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · May 19

I'll be presenting our findings, with Nerea Craviotto, on how DFIs can create platforms and ventures which scale up their impact on 6 June. Register at the link below.

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This seminar will explore how Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are addressing development gaps by initiating their own commercial ventures.

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 25

That’s a wrap on another semester of my sustainable finance and impact investing course at #SAIS. Thanks to our stellar guest speakers Sam Duncan, Mike Lubrano, Eric Rice, Diane Damskey, James Purcell, Kusi Hornberger, Vikram Widge, Sam Power, Bianca Getzel, Wasim Tahir, Michelle Lee, Joy Ding.

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations to #ODIGlobal on launching the Center for Private Finance for Development today. Looking forward to contributing to this important research agenda.

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 22

Glad to be joining #ODIGlobal events at the Spring Meetings. Critical to keep the focus on practical steps to advance sustainable development.

Development Finance Needs an Entrepreneurial Mindset | by Leslie Maasdorp & Hans Peter Lankes - Project Syndicate

Reposted by Neil Gregory

ODI Global @odi.global · Apr 17

Development finance institutions can spur more socially beneficial investment by actively founding new commercial enterprises.

@hanspeterlankes.bsky.social & @britishintinv.bsky.social's Leslie Maasdorp share key findings from our research in a new piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social.

Leslie Maasdorp & Hans Peter Lankes think public institutions can spur more private investment by starting their own commercial ventures.

www.project-syndicate.org

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 9

url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-development-finance-institutions-can-help-time-aid-austerity?mkt_tok=Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZkNocei5GX_tjwetKAl4flfdUdYwqVijlXJ0UOHgkwyHdW45dMhnxMEY24LTspgMOyg8_ZESAMf7dkqMY42yFk_XLW_FQ-syYQeeZM8CJMTQ91g0

'A laboratory of ideas': New CEO Maasdorp on his priorities for BII

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 9

I agree with Charles Kenny that DFIs should leverage their balance sheets better, but not that they should be cash cows for aid programs. DFIs should use their profits to grow their business and take more risk, not pay dividends.

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Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Apr 4

Good agenda from new CEO Leslie Maasdorp for scaling up private capital mobilization at BII www.devex.com/news/a-labor...

Climate finance, private sector mobilization, greater cooperation, and innovation are top objectives as Leslie Maasdorp leads the DFI through a world at a crossroads.

www.devex.com

Climate and development challenges spur development finance institutions to unlock private capital

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Mar 15

DFIs can play a key role in originating, de-risking and sharing EMDE assets with private investors.

impactalpha.com/climate-and-...

Another month, another climate record smashed. This time, it is the warmest January ever recorded. Even climate scientists are mystified about the extent ...

DFI sponsorship of new platforms and ventures: why and how?

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Mar 12

MDB and DFI support for private sector development is limited by the availability of firms and projects to invest in. But what if DFIs took the lead in creating new ventures and platforms to develop investible projects? 12 BII and Norfund cases show the potential.

odi.org/en/publicati...

By sponsoring new ventures, Development finance institutions (DFIs) can scale up their development impact and reach, particularly in difficult markets, as well as their mobilisation of private capital...

Four priorities for success at the Sevilla Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

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Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Feb 24

$1 trillion pa of private finance needed to support development and climate investments in EMDEs, but private capital flows have been falling since FfD3. www.brookings.edu/articles/fou...

Ahead of FfD4, Homi Kharas and Mahmoud Mohieldin call for shifting focus from aid volume to the broader roles of DFIs. They present four elements for rethinking development finance and ensuring confer...

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The Brief: At British International Investment, new chief looks to unlock private capital

Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · Feb 20

Good agenda for DFIs to scale up mobilization. Glad to be working with BII to study various mobilization approaches.

ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · Feb 20

“Unless the world unlocks the vast pools of capital that exist in pension funds, life insurers and other large institutions, we won’t get close to getting the job done," argues Leslie Maasdorp of @britishintinv.bsky.social.

impactalpha.com/the-brief-at...

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Development Finance Climate and development challenges spur development finance institutions to unlock private capital. Last ...