CDFIs Seek Capital Innovation With a Community Focus
At OFN42, leaders explored new ways to fund affordable community finance.
At OFN42, leaders explored new ways to fund affordable community finance.
Can impact investing’s flagship gathering become more than a meeting ground?
Why verified human judgment remains essential to digital scale
by Bob Summers | Africa, Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Europe, Financial Inclusion, Gender Lens, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Aid cuts are exposing how much of financial inclusion still depends on donor scaffolding. The sector now faces a forcing function: evolve toward locally anchored capital and blended-finance transition tools — or watch critical resilience functions collapse. For more...
by Kate Byrne | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Global, Impact Economy, North America, Place-based Investing, Redefining Security, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 15 - Life on Land, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
by Nathalie Molina Niño | Financial Inclusion, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Policy & Regulation, Racial Equity & Justice, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change