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Trends in Gender Finance in DFIs in Caribbean and Pacific Region
Past Events
Access to Finance
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have a key role to play in promoting gender responsive finance and women’s economic empowerment (WEE). While the initiatives of multilateral banks are well-documented and communicated via events and publications, visibility of the efforts of national and sub-regional DFIs on this topic is low. Gender finance is not commonly highlighted on their websites […]

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Trends in Gender Finance in ACP Development Finance Institutions: Overview and Selected Examples
ICReports
Access to Finance
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have a key role to play in promoting gender responsive finance and women’s economic empowerment (WEE). While the initiatives of multilateral banks are well-documented and communicated via events and publications, such as 2021’s “Public Development Banks Driving Gender Equality: an Overview of Practices and Measurement Frameworks” by UNWOMEN and the Agence […]

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Honour Loans: A Comprehensive Mechanism to Foster Development by Supporting MSMEs
ICReports
Access to Finance
The honour loans mechanism is a multidimensional one combining financing free of interest or requirement for securities or guarantees, with support to entrepreneurs. It has several benefits for entrepreneurs: Firstly, it finances their development, serving as seed funds and strengthening their project’s equity. It can therefore create financial leverage with microcredit or banking loans. Secondly, it can help […]

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Crowdfunding: an Opportunity to Increase Access to Finance for MSMEs in ACP Countries
ICReports
Access to Finance
Executive Summary Access to finance is amongst the main challenges faced by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in creating and growing their business in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Meanwhile, crowdfunding is disrupting the financial services industry by democratising access to capital for individuals and businesses and revolutionising the way they interact with […]

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Annual report 2020-2021
Annual Report
Access to Finance
Read about our activities from September 2020 to August 2021

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Supporting Businesses to Deliver Climate Change Adaptation in ACP Countries: Priority Actions and the Role of International Capital
ICReports
Access to Finance
Supporting Businesses To Deliver Climate Change Adaptation In Acp Countries: Priority Actions And The Role Of International Capital Executive Summary African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries are some of most vulnerable to climate change. Given pressures on public resources, the need is urgent to stimulate business activity, and thus private capital, into areas highly disrupted by climate change —food […]

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Investment Climate Reform and the Adaptation Finance Gap
ICReports
Access to Finance
Many ACP countries are highly vulnerable to climate change and yet face shortfalls in funding for adaptation. Engaging the private sector and mobilising its investment is therefore vital to deliver climate adaptation in these countries. ACP countries typically have weak investment climates, however, hindering the private sector from playing a role in climate adaptation and […]

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Fiscal and Financial Policy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Building in ACP Countries
ICReports
Access to Finance
The countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) have identified adaptation actions to be a priority in water and wastewater management, agriculture, forestry and land use, disaster risk management and coastal protection. The investment costs of adaptation are high, however. The commitment from developed countries to provide climate finance in ACP countries remains […]

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Social Enterprise and Inclusive Business in ACP Countries: Variety and Access to Finance
ICReports
Access to Finance
Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to highlight the variety of social enterprises and inclusive businesses operating across Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, and to explore the barriers they face in accessing finance. Placing positive social impact at the forefront of their work sets these businesses aside from mainstream, or ‘profit-first’ businesses, […]

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