DFI Insights: Training Series

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We are excited to introduce our new series, DFI Insights, a collection of concise, actionable briefs designed to equip professionals and organizations with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions in the field of development finance.

The DFI Insights series distills complex topics into accessible formats, allowing you to quickly grasp the essentials and apply them to your work. Each brief provides a deep dive into a specific aspect of development finance, offering practical advice and expert analysis.

Topics Covered?

Investing in Change: Getting Started on Social Impact Bonds: Social impact bonds (SIBs) are innovative financing mechanisms that link financial returns to social outcomes. This brief guides you through the process of designing and implementing SIBs to address pressing social challenges.
Partnering for Progress: Getting Started on Blended Finance: Discover how blended finance can be a powerful tool for driving development outcomes. This brief outlines the strategies and partnerships needed to leverage public and private capital for impactful investments.
Getting Started on Financing Women Entrepreneurs and Creating an Inclusive Work Environment: This brief explores the essential steps for financial institutions and development organizations to support women entrepreneurs effectively. Learn how to create an inclusive work environment that fosters innovation, diversity, and sustainable growth.

Whats Next?

We are just getting started! The DFI Insights series will include a total of 10 topical briefs, each focusing on different aspects of development finance. Stay tuned for upcoming releases as we continue to explore critical topics that will empower you to drive change in your DFI and beyond.

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An Event for Change: Gaps and Solutions to Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment

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Evidence-based studies in selected OACPS countries

Overview The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) comprises a group of countries with very different economic profiles, ranging from fast growing economies to a significant number of least developed countries. Even those regions or countries that in the past years had experienced sustainable economic growth, are met with challenges regarding increasing poverty […]

Training Guide: Gender Auditing

Accompanying the ICReport Learnings from the gender audit – Malawi is our training guide for facilitators planning to deliver training for businesses, HR professionals and individuals interested in developing gender-sensitive workplaces. Gender inequality has a negative economic impact on workplaces. It can lead to high levels of staff turnover, absenteeism and it can affect profits. […]

Learnings from the gender audit in the workplace – Malawi

This ICReport is based on the Gender Audit in the Workplace Report – Malawi which the ICR Facility produced as part of technical assistance to the Employers’ Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM). It aims to highlight the key learnings from this ICR Facility intervention which will be useful to other countries, organisations and consultants that […]

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How is the ICR Facility supporting women’s voices in Public-Private Dialogue (PPD)? And why is it still needed?

The ICR Facility is supporting its partners to increase women’s participation in public-private dialogues. Our new ICReport How to make the Business Environment work for Women’s Economic Empowerment builds on an earlier publication Promoting Women’s Organisations into Public-Private Dialogues in order to Foster Women’s Economic Empowerment in ACP Countries and demonstrates how the recommendations made can […]

How is the ICR Facility supporting gender equality at the workplace, and why is it still needed?

The ICR Facility is supporting its partners to increase women’s participation in the labour force. Our new ICReport How to make the Business Environment work for Women’s Economic Empowerment builds on an earlier publication Business Environment Reforms to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women in the Labour Market and demonstrates how the recommendations made can be implemented […]

How are Development Finance Institutions Empowering Women Entrepreneurs? And how is the ICR Facility supporting DFIs to do so?

The ICR Facility is supporting its partners to increase women’s economic empowerment (WEE) by facilitating their access to finance. Our new ICReport How to make the Business Environment work for Women’s Economic Empowerment builds on an earlier publication Trends in Gender Finance in African Caribbean and Pacific Development Finance Institutions and demonstrates how the recommendations made […]

How to make business environment reforms as gender transformative as possible? Lessons learnt from the ICR Facility

The ICR Facility is supporting its partners to increase women’s economic empowerment. But it is not always easy to get interest in this topic. It is often still seen as a lower priority for a country’s economic development and it is complex to tackle. Our new ICReport How to make the Business Environment work for […]

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DFI Exchange Group – Session 3: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)

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Business Environment Reforms through Public- Private Dialogue – Lessons learnt from the ICR Facility’s Interventions

The ICR Facility supports governments, public agencies and private sector representative bodies in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries to improve their business environment on the basis of Public-Private Dialogue (PPD). PPD is an effective tool to enhance collaboration between public and private actors. It is a continuous and semi-structured process that brings together various […]

ICR4WEE Conference

The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility has organised the ICR4WEE Conference on 5-6 June 2024. The event focused on creating better legal, institutional, and regulatory conditions for businesses to grow and operate, as well as to improve women’s participation in policy-making processes. Building on its successful activities and the dynamic networks it has established across African, Caribbean […]

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