Harvesting resilience: Leveraging finance for food security and climate resilience
Leveraging finance can be a catalyst for a menu of possible solutions. Targeted sustainable finance instruments can unlock the widespread adoption of state-of-the-art agricultural technologies, innovative value chain processes, and eco-inclusive farming methodologies in the GCC and across global value chains. This research explores these solutions through the lens of financial institutions, offering recommendations on policy, finance, and agribusiness levels to enhance food security, address climate change, and promote water sustainability.
Action Plan for the implementation of the FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity Across Agricultural Sectors 2024–2027
The Action Plan for the implementation of the FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors 2024–2027 reflects experiences gained from the implementation of the 2021–2023 Action Plan.
Report of the 2023 AADFI-ADFIAP Joint International CEO Forum
The 2023 Joint International CEO Forum of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) and the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) was held from November 8 to 10, 2023, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria. The Forum was hosted by the Bank of Industry (BOI), Nigeria, on the theme “DFIs’ Strategic Role Towards A Climate-Smart Future”.
Cross-border infrastructure projects: The European Investment Bank’s role in cross-border infrastructure projects
This report presents an overview of the EIB’s support for cross-border infrastructure projects. While some national infrastructure projects such as airports or ports may have significant cross-border impacts or a regional dimension, these have not been considered in this overview.
Congo Basin Climate Commission
The present study was drafted under the overall leadership of Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in close collaboration with Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist at ECA, and with guidance provided by Jean-Paul Adam, Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division at ECA. The formulation of the standardized and harmonized protocol was supervised by Nassim Oulmane, Chief of the Green and Blue Economy Section at ECA, and Louis Mitondo Lubango, Environmental Affairs Officer, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division. Maxim Lobovikov provided detailed input to facilitate the development of the protocol.
Aligning Development Finance with Nature’s Needs: Estimating the nature-related risks of development bank investments
This paper is an updated and expanded version of the one released in November 2020 ahead of the inaugural Finance in Common Summit. It aims at demonstrating that Public Development Banks (PDBs) can and should perform a stress test of the nature-related risks and impacts on their balance sheets nowadays.
Critical Aspects Of Development Finance In The Framework Of The 2030 Agenda
This document gives a detailed account of the principal ideas and results of two roundtable of Chief Economists of Latin American and Caribbean Development Banks and the Conference of Development Technicians and Experts. Issues like climate change and risk management; sustainable infrastructure and territorial development; economy 4.0 and digitalization in the banking sector, and financial inclusion and impact measurement were discussed in both roundtables.