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Vulnerabilities and crisis

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3 questions to Barthout Van Slingelandt, managing partner XSML

  • Barthout Van Slingelandt
29 September 2017
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Interview of Barthout Van Slingelandt, managing Partner of XSML : – What is the role of the new “AFR” Fund? – What is different about doing business in fragile countries ? – What Continue Reading
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3 Questions to Matthew Boadu Adjei, Founder and CEO of Oasis Capital Ghana Limited

  • Matthew Boadu Adjei Founder and CEO [institition]
21 September 2017
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This fund invests in SMEs in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that help to improve access to essential goods for vulnerable sections of the population. Private equity as a solution for West African SMEs Securing access to Continue Reading
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Public infrastructure: a key driver in supporting private players

  • Patrick Safran Principal Operations Coordination Specialist Asian Development Bank
11 September 2017
© Flickr /  ADB
In situations of vulnerability and crisis, investment in infrastructure by international development institutions can provide a solid base to support the recovery and reconstruction of a State. Transport, energy, Continue Reading
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Socolait: using counter-cyclical investment to emerge stronger from a crisis

  • Florent de Boissieu Principal
  • Koloina Razafindratsita Associate (Français) Adenia Partners
04 September 2017
© Flickr /  Alex Cameron
By investing in plant renovation and new products, restructuring its distribution system and deploying a local milk collection network, the Malagasy agri-food operator Socolait has managed to contend with the Continue Reading
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What tools to finance the private sector in fragile states? The experience of the International Finance Corporation

  • Michel Botzung FCS Manager IFC
28 August 2017
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Over half of the world’s poor will be living in fragile and conflict-affected situations by 2030. Addressing the challenges of poverty and human development is impossible without taking into account the urgent needs Continue Reading
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The need for corporate human rights risk management in fragile contexts

  • Rachel Davis Co-Founder
  • Julie Schindall Senior Advisor Shift
24 July 2017
© Flickr /  Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID
Companies that operate in or are connected to fragile contexts – and the financiers that back tem- need to have a strong understanding of the risks to people that those companies’ operations may pose. They need to Continue Reading
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Currency derivatives: tools for the most fragile economies

  • Jérôme Pirouz Senior Vice President TCX
17 July 2017
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By offering currency derivatives on emerging markets, TCX absorbs the risk related to currency fluctuations and allows the economy to be financed in local currency. This can be essential in the event of an economic Continue Reading
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When the going gets tough: adaptation in times of crisis

  • Ramy Youssef Chief Financial Officer Wadi Group
10 July 2017
Unfinished buildings in downtown Cairo, Egypt.© Kim Eun Yeul / World Bank
Despite the turmoil, the Egyptian economy is still growing. What are the reasons for this (the diversity of the Egyptian economy? the resilient mindset of the Egyptian people forged by their capacity to get through Continue Reading
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The private sector in the midst of crisis situations and economic vulnerability

  • Pierrick Baraton Consultant AFD
03 July 2017
©Flickr Natalia Cieslik  / World Bank
The private sector is present in most crisis situations that hit fragile countries. To act in an effective manner in such circumstances, development professionals need to juggle between different time horizons Continue Reading
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Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies? edition no. 27 of Proparco’s magazine

  • Siby Diabira Investment Officer
  • Baptiste Tournemolle Environmental and Social (E&S) Specialist Proparco
03 July 2017
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In its June – September 2017 issue entitled, “Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies?”, the Private Sector & Development review looks at the various different issues related to private sector Continue Reading
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