A new, free global data platform aims to capture remittances for rural development. Remittances are a vital component of the global economy, providing an essential financial lifeline to millions of families world-wide.
Following the agreement on an evolution of the World Bank last year (“better bank”), additional funds were organised (“bigger bank”). These will provide dedicated incentives for projects that not only benefit individual…
Agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest adaptation finance needs for implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (or national climate plans), but climate finance for adaptation is on a downward trend.
Efforts to enhance rural financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa is of great importance. The digitalisation of agricultural financing presents a promising path, hindered, however, by the limited expertise of certain…
In Cameroon, there are still significant problems with access to finance in rural areas. Women are the most affected group. Why is this? A study has shown that the causes are to be found in both the supply of and demand…
Ambitious climate adaptation can enhance resilience and head off losses and damages. As climate impacts accelerate, the finance gap for adaptation efforts turns to be at least 50 per cent bigger than thought.
The World Bank will in future offer stronger financing incentives for projects that benefit not only individual countries but the whole world – ranging from climate action projects to preserving biodiversity and pandemic…
Millions of people in north-eastern Nigeria suffer from violence perpetrated by Islamic militias. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) supports highly vulnerable households in Yobe with small cash…
Forum Environment and Development’s mid-July event in its series "Trafotalk – Gespräche zu Transformativer Finanzpolitik" (Talks on Transformative Financial Policy) addressed the IMF Special Drawing Rights.
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