Knowledge Hub

The World Federation of Development Financing Institution’s Knowledge Hub (WFDFI_KH) is an online portal that clusters knowledge and resources on development financing across all development intervention areas. It is a free-for all web space where development financing practitioners and enthusiasts could access existing and compelling knowledge products from a wide range of institutions, with diverse structure and procedures, engaged in supporting and promoting development finance and its crosscutting issues in advancing policies, processes, programs, projects and practices for the benefits of their beneficiaries and stakeholders. The two-fold purposes of the WFDFI_KH are shaping and advancing policy and advocacy positions that impact the development of the banking and finance community worldwide and improve DFI capacity, as well as facilitating knowledge management and sharing.

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What drives firms’ investment in climate change? Evidence from the 2022-2023 EIB Investment Survey

What drives firms’ investment in climate change? Evidence from the 2022-2023 EIB Investment Survey

Climate / Resilience Development Finance Investments Private Sector Publications Risk Sustainability
This report draws from data collected for the EIB Investment Survey 2022-2023. It examines the willingness of European firms to address climate change in the current context of the energy crisis. First, it presents the answers provided by firms across the European Union to a set of questions on energy and climate change. Then, it goes more in-depth by providing firms’ answers in each EU country.
Cutting plastics pollution Financial measures for a more circular value chain

Cutting plastics pollution Financial measures for a more circular value chain

Biodiversity Protection Climate / Resilience Economic Development / Stability Environment / Ecosystem Publications Sustainability
This report by the European Investment Bank’s Innovation and Digital Finance Advisory Division examines the inefficiencies that lead to leakages across the plastics value chain — built up over many decades of exponential growth in both the types and volume of plastics produced — and the potential for directing investment towards solutions to the problem.
Advanced digital technologies and investment in employee training: Complements or substitutes?

Advanced digital technologies and investment in employee training: Complements or substitutes?

Economic Development / Stability Human Development Infrastructures Investments Publications Technologies & Innovations
Using firm-level data covering the 27 EU countries, the UK and the US, we show that employers tend to reduce investment in training per employee after adopting advanced digital technologies (ADT). We estimate with a control function approach firm-level production functions augmented with two factors, the training stock per employee and digital technology use.
The Political Economy of Slum Growth: Evidence from Brazil

The Political Economy of Slum Growth: Evidence from Brazil

Developing countries Human Development Infrastructures Policy / Governance Public Sector Publications Urban
Existing explanations for slum growth focus on rural-urban migration and poverty. While these factors are relevant for rapidly urbanizing low-income countries, slum growth is frequent in highly urbanized, middle-income countries in Latin America. This paper provides evidence from Brazil that local government actions can increase slum growth without changes in poverty or immigration.
The unintended environmental effect of a climate change adaptation strategy_evidence from the Colombian coffee sector

The unintended environmental effect of a climate change adaptation strategy_evidence from the Colombian coffee sector

Agriculture / Farming Climate / Resilience Developing countries Environment / Ecosystem Policy / Governance Publications Sustainability
Climate change is a major threat to agricultural productivity in developing countries. In this paper, we explore the unintended environmental effects of an adaptation policy that conditioned credit programs for the renewal of coffee crops on the use of pest-resistant varieties. We use the case of the Colombian coffee sector, which was severely affected by extreme rainfall events and pest proliferation from 2010–2011.
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