Great perspective on why the development community needs to get comfortable with supporting private investment. ODI: Think change: On lipstick, social media and the performativity of UK aid odi.org/en/insights/on…

Great discussion Center for Global Development today on measuring and reporting on private capital mobilization. PublishWhatYouFund proposals make good sense - hope to see MDBs and DFIs adopt them - and OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives

Further progress in creating shared good practices for impact investing - now we have norms on impact reporting that we can all get behind. impactfrontiers.org/work/impact-pe…

Final few days to register for ODI Day at the #SpringMeetings ! ⏰

Join us and a brilliant line-up of speakers on 17 April – in Washington, D.C. or online – for a series of events about some of the most urgent development finance challenges of our time.

Weak productivity growth is the main culprit behind the secular decline in global growth. Misallocation of resources across firms is an important driver of this weakness. Policy intervention & leveraging emerging technologies can help reverse this. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

useful analysis of how blended finance is actually being used impactalpha.com/blending-billi…

Good suggestions for the next steps in scaling up DFC as an effective DFI. cgdev.org/blog/memo-cong…

For decades, IFC has been at the forefront of mobilizing private capital where it’s needed most. New World Bank Group statistics can help private investors feel more confident about investing in emerging markets. Learn more ⬇️

Newly released GEMs statistics on emerging market firm default rates from 25 DFIs shows risks are comparable to what experienced investors are familiar with – and emerging market firms offer portfolio diversification in times of global stress. wrld.bg/y0CK50R14EJ

📢 Calling all graduate students interested in making a difference around the world! Apply for the #IFCImpactChallenge2024 for an opportunity to collaborate and showcase new innovations. Deadline April 15. wrld.bg/Kytg50QXPMZ

Hybrid capital is a great way to mobilize private capital for development. Kudos to AfDB for leading the way. cgdev.org/blog/one-small…

niche development finance blog - don't muddle up mobilization ratios in primary transactions with those in secondaries, and keep the complete picture in mind with structures that combine both: bii.co.uk/en/news-insigh…

More evidence that impact VC funds don't necessarily underperform other VC funds. institutionalinvestor.com/article/2cvrpp…

Useful survey of the state of progress in taking a gender lens to investing in different asset classes, with good recommendations on how to do it better. unwomen.org/en/digital-lib…

How U.S. community lenders are tapping impact capital to leverage federal investments

Hana S Freymiller and Neil Gregory of West Potomac Capital have today's guest post. #MDFIs #CommunityFinance #CatalyticCapital

impactalpha.com/how-us-communi…

My latest thinkpiece with Hana Freymiller of West Potomac Capital looks at the opportunity for impact investors to leverage huge federal funding to community FIs for climate impactalpha.com/how-us-communi…

📚 'Developing countries'—a controversial classification that may hinder nuanced discussions.

Explore this blog where our researchers challenge this term—backed by data & historical context—and suggest three alternatives to the concept moving forward: wrld.bg/IfwP50Qu07Y

Looking forward to teaching Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing at #SAIS this semester in it’s new home near the Capitol

Hana Freymiller and I explain how US CDFIs and MDFIs can tap into impact capital to leverage government financing to tackle poverty, inequality and inclusive climate investments - but they will need to up their game on impact measurement and management. westpotomaccap.com/insights/data-…

Women, Business and the Law 2023 assesses laws and regulations on women’s economic participation in 190 economies. In 2022, the global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low: wrld.bg/Hu1150QnuKm

#MustReads2023 #WomenBizLaw