Blended finance: Why now is the time to double down
Michelle Tang2024-08-05T08:43:15+02:00Interview with Chris Isaac, Chief Investment Officer at AgDevCo: Blended finance and why now is the time to double down to help bridge the SDG investment gap.
Interview with Chris Isaac, Chief Investment Officer at AgDevCo: Blended finance and why now is the time to double down to help bridge the SDG investment gap.
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The first seminar will provide an overview of the main concepts and terms, current architecture and emerging issues in development finance.
The year 2023 marked the Donor Platform’s 20th anniversary and the report highlights the activities and results in catalysing change and harmonizing impact. Highlights include a focus on sustainable and blended financing for SDG 2, stronger collaboration among donors for greater impact, and better data systems for food systems and rural development.
The GDPRD Secretariat is pleased to introduce Federica de Gaetano of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) as our new Co-Chair effective 29 May 2024. She joins Bruce Campbell of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in chairing the Donor Platform Board.
This technical note presents the detailed research, findings and recommendations from the enquiry into sustainable finance in agrifood systems conducted in 2023 by the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate in collaboration with members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD). This accompanies the summary report released in March 2024, Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2.
Interview with Lee Ann Jackson, Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She provides an overview of the OECD’s role in providing data and policy recommendations to governments for informed decisions. Food systems and agricultural trade are an important focus of her work.
Key messages from the webinar Agro-food Jobs for Youth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia of the Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment.
24 April 2024, 14:00-15:30 CEST | Sheikh Zayed Centre, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy | Hybrid. The Global Network Against Food Crises is hosting a high-level launch ceremony for their critical report, the Global Report on Food Crises 2024. This annual publication, compiled by the Food Security Information Network, unveils the latest statistics on acute hunger and malnutrition plaguing people in crisis-prone regions.
Key takeaways from the 28 March 2024 event “Donors as investment catalysts” on how major donors can best spend their limited aid funds for agricultural finance. Co-organized by the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN), the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and the Marketlinks initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).