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Driving Job Creation in the West Bank through Development Impact Bonds

Opening the Taps of Credit: Lessons from a Credit Pilot in a High-Conflict Zone in Eastern DRC

From Fragmentation to Resilience: Ukraine's Non-Banking Sector Looks to a Stronger Future

With Modest Investment, African Companies Hold Enormous Potential for Growth

#MindTheGap: How Catalytic Funding Mobilized $1 Billion for Clean Energy, Gender Equality, and Resilient Agriculture

Digital Finance Is Growing Ethiopia’s Economy by Banking the Unbanked, Including Refugees

#MindTheGap: A Development Finance Primer

Opening the Tap: A Coordinated Approach to Facilitating Green Finance for SMEs in Frontier and Emerging Markets

Fiscal Decentralization Builds Citizen Trust, Positions Ukraine for European Future

Mobilizing the Haitian Diaspora to Invest “Back Home”

Stay the Course: A Decade of Focus on Economic Reforms Pays off in Ukraine

How Donor-Funded Economic Growth Projects are Adapting to the Challenges of COVID-19

How High-impact Businesses in Emerging Markets Are Pivoting in the COVID-19 Crisis

How Can Digital Financial Services be Utilised in Response to COVID-19?

Blended Finance Tools Offer a New Approach to an Old Problem

Blended Finance Case Study: Gaza Industrial Estate Solar Energy Rooftop

New Research Offers Alternatives for Frontier Market Venture Capital and Private Equity

Adopting a Private Sector-led Approach to Advance Digital Startups in Cambodia

To Go Where We’re Going, We Need to Meet Investors Where They Live

Paving the Way for Green Energy Financing in the Mediterranean

Investments in Off-Grid Energy Businesses Are Bringing Electricity to Hundreds of Thousands in Kenya

Through the Looking Glass: The Many Ways to Invest in Greater Gender Equity

EU Investment Guarantees Begin to Deliver on the Promise of Development Finance

Demand for Private Capital Draws USAID Units to INVEST Program

Agriculture Finance with a Climate Lens Takes Off in Kenya

DFID Programme Helps Establish Business Equipment Leasing in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Country

How Can Nigeria Fulfill its Broad Economic Potential?

Blended Finance in Action—How USAID Leveraged $100 Million in East Africa

Philippines’ New Tax Bill Promises More Revenue for Social Programs, Infrastructure

Liberia Moves to Reduce Donor Dependence by Improving its Ability to Invest in Itself

Gathering the Evidence to Mobilize Domestic Resources for Health Care

EU Funds Totaling €4.1 Billion Aim to Boost Investment, Private Sector Engagement in Africa and European Neighbourhood Countries

Using Development Assistance to Catalyze Sound Investments in Emerging and Developing Markets

PolSEFF’s Legacy: Lower Energy Bills for Businesses Across Poland; a Financing Model to Scale and Replicate

Philippines Increases Tax Collections by $1.1 Billion Year Over Year—Without Raising Rates

How Tax and Budget Assistance Helps Developing Countries Help Themselves

Unlocking Capital: How USAID Pushed the Frontier of Financial Services and Built a Foundation for Economic Growth in Kenya