Climate financing in Latin America and the Caribbean How are public development banks supporting the climate transition?
This paper begins by providing an overview of climate risks in Latin American and Caribbean countries, using the EIB’s country climate risk scores. This introduction is followed by an assessment of the region’s climate investment needs and potential sources of financing, in the current macroeconomic and fiscal context. The role of public development banks in the region, their current contribution to climate risk mitigation and the results of the survey conducted are described. The last section presents the main findings and policy recommendations.
Climate risks in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are banks ready for the green transition?
This paper starts by analysing climate risks in Latin America and the Caribbean following the methodology developed by Ferrazzi et al. Then expand the analysis to understand what these risks imply for the financial sector. It focus on banks, as they represent the bulk of financial intermediation in the region.
OVERVIEW OF AFRICA’S FINANCIAL SECTOR Long term finance and capital markets1
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 to COVID-19 pandemic underscores the growth potential.
Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe
Public banks have played an important role in financing public water
and sanitation services in Europe for over a century, but these activities
have been largely ignored in the academic literature. This special issue
is an initial corrective to this research gap, providing conceptual
insights and empirical information on eight countries and regions in
Europe, covering a wide range of public banks working with public
water operators.
India’s Investment Potential in Africa
Africa is a diverse continent and is well endowed with various natural resources. About 30% of the global mineral reserves, 8% of global natural gas, 12% of the world’s oil reserves, 40% of the world’s gold and up to 90% of global chromium and platinum is concentrated in the region.
Report on the 12th peer review following the AADFI PSGRS ASSESMENT MECANISM
This report is intended for the Board of Directors, which is responsible for the peer review of AADFI member DFIs according to the PSGRS. It provides relevant information on the assessment results for compliance with the prudential guidelines and standards and the assessment results for a rating based on the development impact criteria for the 2022 Peer Review.
Potencial y oportunidades para América Latina y el Caribe en el escenario actual y el apoyo de la banca de desarrollo
Dividido en cuatro capítulos, este documento analiza el nuevo escenario postpandemia. El
primer capítulo describe el panorama económico mundial. El segundo capítulo
analiza la situación en América L atina y el C aribe en comparación con o tras regiones. El tercer capítulo describe las relaciones en materia de
comercio internacional y las oportunidades de la región. Y el cuarto capitulo aborda la respuesta de la Banca de Desarrollo en la financiación de las exportaciones.
Response to the New Global Scenario: Agricultural Development and Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems
The current environment creates new challenges. Changes have accelerated and the
traditional risks in the agricultural sector, such as the lack of information, high transaction
costs, geographic scattering and seasonal nature have become more pronounced. This document summarizes the topics presented at the 7th World Congress on Rural and Agricultural Finance.
Responses of Latin American development banks to the economic crisis by the covid 19 in particular in agricultural and smes sectors
Even with more knowledge of the economic effects, the international crisis caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic showed an uncertain picture at the beginning.
In this paper we focus our attention on the measures, actions and the role of public development
banks, particularly in the agricultural and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise sectors,
during the covid 19 crisis.
Scaling Private Sector Climate Finance in the MENA Region
The global effort to fight climate change as well as the need to adapt and build resilience to the changing climate (climate adaptation) pose a set of challenges and opportunities for financial institutions in the MENA region. UNEPFI underwent a consultation process with member banks in the MENA region regarding climate finance in general and opportunities to provide support in scaling private sector finance for climate action in the region.