by Patrick Brean | Jul 27, 2021
The world of development finance is changing in leaps and bounds. Witness the growing presence of major foundations and super-NGOs; massive inflows and outflows of private capital into developing and frontier markets; innovative financial structures such as...
by Patrick Brean | Oct 13, 2020
Impact investing is a big deal – not just in developing and emerging markets, but throughout the Western world as well – now, more than ever before. Why? Because financial pressures on companies and individuals have been growing for years, and the ongoing COVID...
by Patrick Brean | Sep 25, 2020
Impact measurement and reporting largely remains a woolly science, with a dizzying array of frameworks, benchmarks, and reporting. Within the development finance and impact investing communities, especially, a plethora of approaches abound. Development finance...
by Patrick Brean | Sep 9, 2020
“Social bonds” – an admittedly loose term in developing finance – are quickly becoming one of the Next-Big-Things. In fact, since 2017, the International Finance Corporation (an affiliate of the World Bank) has issued 39 social bonds totaling more then $3 billion. ...
by Patrick Brean | Jun 16, 2020
It’s time for an honest conversation about the elephant in the room. We need to rethink – reimagine — blended finance. We need a BF 2.0. Why? Blended finance, in its current form, is in a rut. According to Convergence’s report The State of Blended Finance...
