Knowledge Hub
The World Federation of Development Financing Institution’s Knowledge Hub (WFDFI_KH) is an online portal that clusters knowledge and resources on development financing across all development intervention areas. It is a free-for all web space where development financing practitioners and enthusiasts could access existing and compelling knowledge products from a wide range of institutions, with diverse structure and procedures, engaged in supporting and promoting development finance and its crosscutting issues in advancing policies, processes, programs, projects and practices for the benefits of their beneficiaries and stakeholders. The two-fold purposes of the WFDFI_KH are shaping and advancing policy and advocacy positions that impact the development of the banking and finance community worldwide and improve DFI capacity, as well as facilitating knowledge management and sharing.
7 products found
Strategies and Initiatives on Digital Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Experiences of APEC Economies
Year: 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital financial inclusion with increased digital financial services. Several studies found evidence that the availability of digital financial services is associated with higher GDP and lower income inequality. The task is to find the right balance between enabling financial innovation and addressing risks such as insufficient consumer protection, low levels of financial and digital literacy, unequal access to digital infrastructure, money laundering and cyber risks.
Author: BSP Research Academy
Emerging and Developing Countries: The Noose is Tightening
Year: 2023
The double shock of the health crisis and the war in Ukraine has generated an inflationary spike unprecedented in developed countries since the 1979 oil shock and the Iran-Iraq war. This shock came to interrupt two decades of disinflation imported from China and other emerging and developing countries and more than a decade of ultra-accommodative monetary policies.
Author: Bellefontaine, Sylvain; Castaner, Jane; Jonveaux, Benoît; Joguet, Vincent; Le Goff, Maëlan; Monat,Emmanuelle; Mulliez, Amaury; Salomé, Morgane; Vallée, Floriane; Vigato. Alix
Air Pollution and Climate Change From Co-Benefits to Coherent Policies
Year: 2022
This report brings much-needed realism to the climate and air pollution debate. It analyzes international experience to identify effective pathways to coherent policy packages that harness synergies and manage inevitable tensions between climate mitigation and air-quality management. It helps decision makers to prioritize pollutants and emission sources and implement regulations that will encourage economic actors to implement technical and behavioral measures in a way that quickly saves people's lives.
Author: Grzegorz, Peszko; Markus, Amann; Yewande, Awe; Gary, Kleiman; Tamer, Samah Rabie
Trade Trend Estimates Latin America and the Caribbean – 2023 Edition
Year: 2022
This report provides estimates of Latin America and the Caribbean’s international trade flows for 2022. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with its Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), under the overall supervision of Fabrizio Opertti, Sector Manager, Pablo García, Regional Integration Unit Chief, and Ana Basco, Director of INTAL.
Author: Giordano, Paolo; Michalczewsky, Kathia
The rise of green bonds: Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Year: 2017
In this report, the voluntary criteria currently being used to define which bonds qualify as green are discussed. The growing global green bond market is further examined, as well as the Latin American and Caribbean green bond market, looking more closely at the region’s recent green bond issuances in local and international markets.
Author: NU. CEPAL Oficina de Washington
Sustainable Financing for Forest and landscape restoration – the Role of Public Policy Makers
Year: 2015
Public policy makers from developed and developing countries, at all levels (national, regional, local), have the opportunity to take leadership as FLR financing champions. Even without controlling private capital, they can support resource mobilization in a number of ways. This publication shares the experiences of some initiatives from around the world which public policy makers can learn from and adapt.
Author: FAO
Publisher: FAO
Financing for Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014
Year: 2014
This document reflects the financial context in which Latin American and Caribbean countries are acting and responding to international requirements. The data show that resources are available and that countries are using them. Progress is needed in analysing their effectiveness and the transition to a form of development where sustainability is no longer seen as an appendix or pilot but as a model.
Author: Joselius Samaniego and Heloisa Scheider