How Blended Finance reaches the Poorest People
As the gap between the poorest people and the rest continues to widen, the international development community is seeking additional finance to reduce poverty as set out in the
Sustainable Development Goals. Private sector actors are intended to be the source of such finance, also through blended finance. In this discussion paper by
Development Initiatives, Cecilia Caio assesses the theories of change put forward by twelve key blended finance actors and 56 development finance institutions, multilateral development banks and donor agencies involved in blending. She finds gaps in logic and transparency. Before scaling up investments, the assumptions around enabling its impact must be addressed.
http://devinit.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/how-blended-finance-reaches-the-poorest-people.pdf
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