Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Game Changers in Asia and the Pacific: 2022 Compendium of Technologies and Enablers
This compendium of game-changing carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) concepts deals with four interesting carbon dioxide (CO2 ) capture technologies, five CO2 utilization technologies, one CO2 storage technology, and one enabler concept. The technologies presented are in various stages of development ranging from research and development to commercial deployment.
Tax Transparency in Africa 2023: Africa Initiative Progress Report
The Africa Initiative has developed and expanded its capacitybuilding activities to ensure transparency and exchange of information (EOI) benefit African countries. In 2022, five African countries reported identifying EUR 76.6 million of additional revenues (tax, interests and penalties) through EOI, the highest amount since the launch of the Africa Initiative in 2014.
Inherited inequalities: intergenerational mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report takes a long-term perspective and covers cohorts born throughout the 20th century and early 21st century. The analysis of educational, occupational, income, health, and wealth mobility produces novel findings. Moreover, the report reveals new evidence that intergenerational ties in the region may go beyond the two consecutive generations of parents and children, extending further back in time.
Enhancing Trade and Investment Relations between India and Central America
The study focuses on the Central American countries comprising of- Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Dominican Republic which together constitute the Central America Integration System (SICA). The GDP of Central American countries which stood at US$ 35.3 billion in 1980 has grown more than twelve folds to reach US$ 428.4 billion in 2022.
Increasing market acceptance – ELTI position paper on the targeted recast of the EU Financial Regulation
Due to the absence of impact assessment the effect of the proposed changes on EU Financial Instruments and the benefit of a greater reliance on Implementing Partners was not estimated. In this context, the ELTI association would like to highlight proposals, as outlined further below, based on the practical experience of National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs) which are implementing partners (IPs) of EU funds, operating directly and/or with financial intermediaries.
Scaling Innovations in Development: The Experience of IDB Lab
Based on the research and analysis
conducted for this report, IDB Lab has an
opportunity to show other development
finance institutions (DFIs) how to support
the systematic scaling up of successful
innovations. Many development
organizations have set up competitions
and labs to tap into the rich innovation
current in the world.
Honour loans: a comprehensive mechanism to foster development by supporting MSMEs – ICReport in the series on Innovative Finances
The honour loans mechanism is a multidimensional one combining financing free of interest or requirement for securities or guarantees, with support to entrepreneurs. It has several benefits for entrepreneurs. They are a complement to the local financial ecosystem and thus contribute to filling the finance gap. They can be integrated into national long-term public policies to support MSMEs and adapted to regional programmes.
Effectiveness & Efficiency of Business Development Services (BDS) for Agri-SMEs
ISF Advisors created this report to help identify and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of business development services (BDS) tools and methodologies provided to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs). This report presents our findings from an extensive desk review of existing research, an analysis of data collected from 15 BDS provider case studies, and interviews/learning sessions with stakeholders in the space.
What drives firms’ investment in climate change?: Evidence from the 2022-2023 EIB Investment Survey
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.
Climate and development : the BNDES’s contribution to a just transition
The search for a carbon-neutral future depends on sustainable development, which jointly considers economic, environmental and social aspects in order to achieve a just transition. This objective is part of the BNDES’s strategy and institutional purpose of “transforming the lives of generations, promoting sustainable development”.