May 11, 2022 Derivatives have an important role to play in the development of capital markets in emerging and developing jurisdictions and in enabling a wide range of their end users to better manage the business and financial risks they are exposed to in their normal course of business. This paper seeks to help policymakers […]
The ICR Facility has launched a Call for Proposals to select our partner banks for the 2022–2025 period. Banks will be asked to submit a set of proposed activities, the majority of which should be activities to empower women’s economic participation or be related to investment approaches that consider gender aspects.
TCX protects the most vulnerable from financial volatility emanating from #currencyrisk. But how do we report on #developmentimpact? Read about it in the 2021 Impact Report, out today! 👇 Some highlights:✔In 2021, we absorbed currency risk for USD 1.4 billion of #sustainablefinance loans into EM and frontier countries✔The majority of these loans support #MSMEs and 14% went to the non-financial sector✔De-risked
Rapport d'impact du TCX 2021 Lire la suite »
Le renforcement de la capacité de gestion de la dette des États souverains sera l'un des défis les plus cruciaux en matière de développement pour les décennies à venir. L'arrêt économique du COVID-19 a entraîné une augmentation massive de la dette et du risque de change détenus par les gouvernements (Sikarwar, 2021). Selon une étude récente, 68 États souverains ont vu leur cote de crédit abaissée depuis mars 2020 (OCDE). En outre, les nations ont besoin de financements supplémentaires pour atteindre les objectifs de développement durable et tenir leurs engagements en matière de climat.
Expanding on the general overview of the financial sector in Africa, this second article focuses on the development of the capital markets and the recent initiatives to attract long-term capital to the continent. Capital markets in Africa are still in their infancy and mirror the economic development of the continent. However, the evolution over the last decade prior
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The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), in partnership with the European Organization for Sustainable Development (EOSD), has sustained effort in ensuring that AADFI member National DFIs and other value-driven financial institutions comply with the sustainability standards and become Sustainability-Certified Financial Institutions. The Kenya Development Corporation (KDC), a member of AADFI, is the latest African DFI onboarded into the Sustainability Certification process in an SSCI kick-start virtual session held today, 11th April 2022.
Pull Quote: Banks need to embrace sustainability, which will put them in the position to turn the current and emerging challenges into historic and long-term success.
Le système financier international n'est plus apolitique Lire la suite »
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 5 avril 2022 – L’Association des institutions africaines de financement du développement (AIAFD) tiendra son Assemblée annuelle 2022 sur le thème : « Mobilisation de ressources innovantes pour le financement du développement : Programme adapté aux IFD africaines. » L’événement sera organisé par National Investment Bank Ltd. (NIB) Ghana du
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In addition to being accountable to their shareholders regarding use of capital and ensuring positive financial performance, National Development Banks (NDBs) are also responsible for the development impact which arises from their interventions.
La BoI augmente ses actifs à 1,7 milliard d'euros, selon son Président Lire la suite »
In addition to being accountable to their shareholders regarding use of capital and ensuring positive financial performance, National Development Banks (NDBs) are also responsible for the development impact which arises from their interventions.
