This blog was originally published on the World Bank Blogs website. Newly assigned to Dakar, Senegal, I must, of course, take steps to have water, electricity, internet and a bank account. For the…

This blog was originally published on the FinDev Gateway website. Some say regulatory issues, others cite fear of mission drift. But all of these can be overcome. Transformations in the…

This blog was orginally published on the World Bank website - Nasikiliza. The G20, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, and African Development Bank are partnering in a new way to…

The global prudential standards issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision represent major efforts to increase the resilience of banking systems around the world and thus reduce the…

Private equity funds in Africa are increasingly investing in early-stage businesses in the search for earnings growth. This is partially driven by the rising trend in purchase prices of private…

This blog was originally published on the ESI AFRICA website. At a recent conference on funding infrastructure in Africa held in London, the premier destination for conferences about Africa, a…

The first part of this blog is available here. II. How can impact intentionality be embedded in investment activities? To help concretely embed impact intentionality in impact investing activities…