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Stimulation, innovation and development: Brazil’s BNDES at the forefront
WHAT ARE THE MISSION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BANCO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONOMICO E SOCIAL (BNDES)?
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A concession success story: the private sector’s role in water and sanitation in Manila
Prior to 1997, the East Zone of Metro Manila was faced with numerous water problems, for example only 26% of the area’s population had access to a continuous water supply. However, the city was able t...
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Orchestrating multi-player collaboration in water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Irene Arias Hofman, CEO of IDB Lab, describes the Lab’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically in the water and sanitation sector of the region. This against the backdrop of IDB Lab’s f...
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Leveraging capital markets to meet water and sanitation needs
The World Bank estimates that to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, $114 billion per year will be needed for new water and sanitation infrastructure. To this end, WaterEquity was establishe...
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Improving water service quality in Cambodia by facilitating access to credit
Between 2010 and 2019, AFD, with the help of the European Union, designed and implemented a project to unlock access to finance for Cambodian private entrepreneurs. Comprising a subsidized line of cre...
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Addressing critical water shortage in Jordan: a collaborative effort
Guided by AFD and Proparco, DIWACO is addressing water scarcity in Jordan. Due to its record, the project is attracting interest from investors and commercial banks – notwithstanding its emerging mark...
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Al Ambaratouria LL Taka Al Shamsia
Proparco is cofinancing a private 50 MW photovoltaic power plant in Northern Amman, with the aim of increasing Jordan's energy independence. It will be connected to the domestic grid via a contract wi...
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Non-Revenue Water is water wasted - is resource wasted
About a third of the world’s drinking water supplied to water utilities is lost before it reaches any users. This loss, referred to as Non-Revenue Water (NRW), is the most crucial metric in the manage...
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Drinking water for rural and semi-urban areas in Africa: the need for private sector involvement
The drinking water sector in semi-urban and rural Africa has long been considered unprofitable and has not attracted the interest of the private sector. However, over 50% of the continent's population...
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Enhancing water security in Africa : Metito’s mission in action
Metito, a leader in water management solutions, has addressed water scarcity across Africa since its founding in 1958. Specializing in desalination, wastewater treatment, water reuse, and industrial s...
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SUEZ is innovating to improve access to essential water services
The strategic importance that the SUEZ group attaches to innovation is reflected in increased resources and a specifically designed organisation chart. Innovation at SUEZ underpins the transformation...
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Assessment and outlook for DFI initiatives: towards greater efficiency ?
Over the past decade, health, climate and geopolitical challenges have increased exponentially. In response, Europe’s development finance institutions (DFIs) have stepped up their cooperation and anch...
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A network of central banks and regulators committed to climate action
The financial sector is increasingly mainstreaming climate-related risks into its analyses, in particular through the action of the NGFS, an international network of central banks and regulators. Deta...
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Collaborating to accelerate investment in climate adaptation and resilience
While there is an urgent need to step up action on climate adaptation, the action is not in step with the need. This is especially true of the required financing, particularly from the private sector....
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How cities can focus their climate adaptation and resilience actions
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and all are at risk from increasing climate change impacts ( floods, storms, extreme temperatures, among others) due to warming at alarming l...
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Helping financial institutions to scale up climate change adaptation for increased resilience
The financing of adaptation measures has not become widespread up to now due to a number of obstacles. These include – but are not limited to – insufficient harmonization of practices and terminology,...
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Investing in nature for water security: the power of collaboration
Around the world, the impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt and have become impossible to ignore. Stories of increased drought, more intense storms, and changing rainfall patterns are...
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Private sector action in analyzing climate risk data
Climate change is part of our daily lives. It must no longer be considered as a problem of the future but as a current challenge: it is essential to adapt our societies and systems. Private sector pla...
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Adenia IV
The Adenia IV fund mainly targets SMEs in the Indian Ocean and West Africa. It helps them go regional, diversify their products, and strengthen their organizational and managerial potential.
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