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Food systems to nourish the fastest-growing population
Nourishing the world’s fastest-growing population worldwide will involve transforming its food systems to enable food supply. Expanding Africa’s food basket will serve both nutrition and resilience ob...
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To impact food security, investors must understand farmers’ resilience to climate change
In recent years, unprecedented shocks - climate change, Covid-19 and supply chain disruptions - have changed the trajectory of progress on global food security. Acute food insecurity increased by 33 p...
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Farm Credit Armenia, a finance cooperative for food security
FCA is Armenia’s sole agricultural credit cooperative. It supports – with the aid of an AFD Group 1.5 m euro loan – its clients, the members, owners, participants, and beneficiaries of the cooperative...
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Placing contract farming in the service of development, food security and equality
The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises estimates that at least one in five Africans goes to bed hungry, and an estimated 140 million people in Africa face acute food insecurity. The Horn of Africa, in...
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AKFED
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development is an international agency which supports the private sector in development countries. Proparco is more specifically supporting the fund’s work in Africa, th...
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Financing a sustainable future: de-risking innovation through food systems investing
Faced with the negative-dominant impacts of food production, opportunities in sustainable food businesses need to be aligned with the capital available for transformation. To achieve this, they must b...
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Rio de Janeiro deepens engagement in global climate action
As the site of the ’Rio Declaration’ and host of the G20 Summit in 2024, Rio de Janeiro has embraced international objectives with its Plan for Sustainable Development and Climate Action. Two core ini...
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Key questions concerning African industrial development policies
African industrial development is a major challenge for the Continent and it is currently a key focus for governments, financial backers and investors. Although still in the early stages of developmen...
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What the 2X Challenge is teaching us about gender lens investing
Almost two years after its launch, we look back at the 2X Challenge initiative, which aims to increase capital flows towards private sector initiatives that benefit women.
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Women’s investment: financial instruments promoting inclusive economic development
Despite having one of the highest levels of women entrepreneurs in the world, the economic potential of women in Africa remains undervalued. This is in particular due to a range of financing that does...
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Gender and climate: levers for sustainable development
Women are first in line when it comes to tackling climate change. Whether they are involved in producing and managing resources or in climate negotiations, women are fully-fledged stakeholders in the...
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Empowering women through financial inclusion: the case of Tunisia
Cultural and social constraints on women are still very much alive in Tunisia and continue to check their considerable economic potential. Enda understood this from the outset in 1995 and it provides...
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The private sector: a key player in reducing gender inequalities
Enabling women to become agents of social and economic change in Pakistan is the main objective of the Kashf Foundation. Since 1996, it has been providing microcredit and loan offers specifically for...
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Africa Gas
Proparco's aim in supporting the activities of Gas Logistics is to promote access to energy sources other than coal or wood in Kenya and Uganda, in order to reduce combustion-related pollution and com...
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How can general impact investors tackle gender-related issues?
Gender equality is a crucial component in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and more and more investment funds and stakeholders in the finance arena are starting to factor it int...
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Twenty-five years after the Beijing Conference, achievements and persisting gaps
Over the past 25 years, undeniable achievements have been made in the field of gender equality and the promotion of women’s rights and opportunities. But this progress is still far too slow: at the cu...
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A key ingredient for Africa’s growth: investing in women entrepreneurs
Bridging gender gaps requires identifying and implementing programs and policies that target the specific constraints that women entrepreneurs face, and working with all actors in the private sector,...
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The private sector and cross-cutting gender issues in UN Sustainable Development Goals
In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs) by 2030, the public policies of the signatory states have been placed at the heart of the mechanism. But the private sector has an undenia...
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Does entrepreneurship really empower women?
Concerns about gender inequalities and, more generally, women’s empowerment around the world are today central development issues. Empowerment is also increasingly seen through the prism of women’s en...
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Are digital technologies set to revolutionise SME financing in Africa?
According to Aiaze Mitha, an entrepreneur and Fintech expert, the many digital innovations that are emerging and already exist could transform each stage of the financing value chain, opening a new er...
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