Essays about: "Blended finance"

Found 5 essays containing the words Blended finance.

1. 1. Blended Finance and the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Innovation : An exploratory study on bridging the commercialization fundinggap of renewable energy projects in Southeast Asia

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Alma Berggren Ek; [2023]
   Keywords : Blended finance; climate finance; renewable energy investments; diffusion of innovation; Southeast Asia; Blandfinansiering; klimatfinansiering; förnyelsebar energi; Sydostasien;

   Abstract : Blended finance has the past decade become an increasingly popular way for development banks in Southeast Asia to invest in renewable energy projects with the aim of mobilizing additional private investments. Although definitions of the method differ among stakeholders, blended finance is a way of blending development loans with below-market-rate funds to lower risks experienced by private investors. READ MORE

3. 2. Climate Finance, limitations and risks in capital generation & delivery - A heterodox critique

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Sebastian Abbas Saifi; [2022]
   Keywords : Capital flows; institutional investment; climate finance; climate finance architecture; Post-keynes; liquidity preference; financialization; minsky financial instability hypothesis; Sustainable Development Goal 13;

   Abstract : This paper examines current and suggested iterations of the climate finance architecture and potential risks in capital generation and delivery. Which is achieved via the construction of a literature review which aims to capture the main actors involved in the climate finance architecture. READ MORE

4. 3. Putting all the sustainable development eggs in the private sector basket : An investigation into hegemonic struggle in the Danish development community over increasing private sector-driven development

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Louise Maria Skotte Møller; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Development Finance; Private Sector-Driven Development; Civil Society; Critical Discourse Analysis; Hegemony; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : How sustainable development (SD) is envisioned, practiced and financed is a crucial question today. In Denmark, the former government introduced private sector-driven development (PSDD) at the heart of Danish development cooperation. READ MORE

5. 4. Europe’s Twin Continent Retroliberalism in EU Development Policy targeting Africa – a Narrative Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frederik Söndergaard; [2020]
   Keywords : Development Policy; European Union; Africa; European External Action Service; Ontological Security; Narrative; Identity; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study analyses the constitutive power of narratives in relation to a retroliberal paradigm shift in EU development policy by focusing on blended finance targeting sub-Saharan Africa. This study builds on the claims of Mawdsley (2015) that a reconfiguration of global development policy has challenged the North ontologically, which have been accompanied with the emergence of retroliberalism. READ MORE

6. 5. The Emergence and Growth of Social Finance in the UK

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mathilda Heyman; [2013]
   Keywords : Social finance; social investment funds; blended value; UK; social sector; social enterprises; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper presents an exploratory case study of the factors that explain the emergence and growth of social finance in the UK. Social finance refers to an array of activities that address societal issues using finance tools and logic. The practice of social finance manifests itself in the investment in social organisations and enterprises. READ MORE