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This study by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) delves into the transformative potential of postal networks into well-suited providers of insurance. The report concludes by presenting three types of business models in which postal insurance can help advancing financial inclusion through insurance access.

Blended finance could be one of the best ways to attract the extra trillion dollars from the private sector to meet the annual US$6 trillion needed to achieve the SDGs. The majority of this money will be needed for sustainable infrastructure projects in emerging markets, which are often seen as too risky for mainstream investors. Using public funds can attract private investment by mitigating these risks, blending public and private capital could be a win-win for both investors and global development. But the blended finance market needs to scale in order to get from billions of dollars of aid or public funds from the development banks to trillions of dollars of private investment.  The Blended Finance Taskforce calls for leadership to develop the blended finance action plan in order to get to scale.

This report provides an in-depth study on the issue of market based solutions, reviewing when they do and don't achieve scale; why more market-based models are not achieving scale; and what barriers to scale that are faced. It describes market-based solutions that have achieved scale and how this has been achieved, and It discusses the journey to scale for entrepreneurial enterprises and larger companies serving poor consumers with beneficial products, and for those engaging poor producers.

This paper looks at opportunities where blended finance can mobilise large scale private capital for clean energy. It synthesises vast knowledge and proposes a path forward. It evaluates, by geography and clean energy sub-sector, the most significant opportunities for impact on both climate change and energy access per dollar invested; the risks and barriers that prevent investment; and how blended finance could be deployed to address investor needs.

This toolkit contains digital tools that are currently used by USAID Missions and implementers; and resources for those attempting to implement digital tools. This toolkit also includes work planning and procurement considerations, including how to encourage implementing partners to explore digital tools and when prizes and challenges can crowdsource innovative solutions to well-defined development problems.
 

This report presents findings and best practices from idh's innovating partners with regards to empowering farmers through service delivery, while generating sustainable returns to their businesses. Learn more about their models’ drivers of farmer resilience, cost reduction and financial sustainability.  And get inspired, by service models helping millions of smallholder farmers out of poverty, in often remote areas and developing economies around the globe.

The road to scaled impact is a nonlinear, complicated journey. Along the way, organizations have to overcome many challenges and roadblocks. The Scaling Pathways Theme Studies series dives into five topics, bringing to light lessons learned by successful social enterprises who have navigated challenges on the road to scaled impact. This document explores which financing strategies best support social enterprises' plan for impact at scale.

The Blended Finance Taskforce and KOIS Invest released a paper about blended finance for sustainable land-use (SLU), analysing how blended finance can mitigate risks and enhance returns for investors in this sector. SLU seeks to protect the climate by reducing carbon emissions and preserving carbon sinks. Private investment in SLU is not however at the scale needed to tackle the problem. According to KOIS, there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way in which (i) private sector investors view investment opportunities in SLU and how (ii) public and philanthropic investors engage to catalyse private capital in SDGs.

This report discusses the role of philanthropy in impact investing; it draws on 60+ expert interviews and 10+ years of Acumen data and suggests that grants are needed to bridge the gap when developing new business models that serve low income customers. It examines the needs and challenges facing inclusive businesses, and through case examples it elaborates on the role of what it terms 'enterprise philanthropy' can play in preparing new markets at the Base of Pyramid.