Search for tag: "finance"
Financing social protectionCountries need to pursue a range of financing options to close this financing gap. However, they confront a number of structural challenges, including pervasive economic informality, tax evasion at…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
Jeffrey Sachs | Opening Remarks at TES Solutions DayThe Solutions Day at the Transforming Education Summit provided a platform for partners to mobilize support to launch or scale up initiatives connected to the Summit Thematic Action tracks.…
From SDG Academy
16 plays
|
|
Case Study: Pioneering Green Sukuk: The Technical Assistance of UNDP in IndonesiaUNDP is working together with Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority to promote sustainable finance and working closely with the Ministry of Finance to strengthen the public finance…
From SDG Academy
5 plays
|
|
Case Study: Unlocking Zakat to Help Communities: UNDP IndonesiaEngaging with Islamic finance is a part of UNDP’s global strategy. In this regard, partnerships are forming in Indonesia and other UNDP country offices. Through its Innovative Financing Lab,…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
Opportunities of Impact: Resilient Global Developers’ NetworkThe second impact is a resilient global developers’ network. IsDB, after taking stock of the limitations of its old operational and financial models, is revamping the way it approaches its…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
The IsDB Green SukukIsDB issued its debut green Sukuk in 2019 raising €1 billion which is committed to projects in renewable energy, clean transportation, energy efficiency, pollution prevention and control,…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
Opportunities of Impact: Joint Green Industrial InnovationThe third impact is joint green industrial innovation. For IsDB, the industrialization of the member countries is imperative to simultaneously increase the competitiveness of each country and plug…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
Engagement of Development Institutions with Islamic FinanceMultilateral development institutions have been engaging with Islamic finance through a broad range of activities, including financing, Sukuk, technical assistance and research. There are examples…
From SDG Academy
3 plays
|
|
The Affinity Between Multilateral Policy Objectives and Islamic FinanceIslamic finance institutions are identifying the Sustainable Development Goals as an area of priority both from a multilateral perspective and from country-level and institutional-level perspectives;…
From SDG Academy
5 plays
|
|
Introduction for the Development ProfessionalThere is often an overlap between the objectives of development institutions and those of Islamic finance stakeholders. The opportunity to collaborate in areas of shared interest can be significant…
From SDG Academy
4 plays
|
|
Potential Challenges for Development Institutions in Engaging with Islamic Finance StakeholdersAlong with the opportunities for development institutions in working with Islamic finance stakeholders in pursuit of the common and overlapping objectives, there are also challenges which may…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
Challenges in PracticeConsiderable challenges exist in the practice of impact measurement and management. Even so, there are also common drivers uniting practitioners trying to overcome these challenges. This video is…
From SDG Academy
4 plays
|
|
Impact Investing Part IIThe Acumen Fund’s private equity investment in Ziqitza Healthcare and the investments in ProCredit Holding are two cases of good practice in impact investing, with lower rates of financial…
From SDG Academy
5 plays
|
|
Blended FinanceBlended finance employs the strategic use of development finance and philanthropic funds to mobilize private capital flows to emerge and frontier markets. It is a method of layering investments to…
From SDG Academy
9 plays
|
|
Shariah Governance Framework and Shariah Non-Compliance RiskCorporate governance in Islamic financial institutions has the same structure as a conventional institution but with an additional layer of Shariah governance. Shariah compliance is a “Raison…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
Shariah Governance Framework: Key Components Part IThe key components of the Shariah governance framework include a Central Shariah Board at the national or regulatory level, and a Shariah Supervisory Board and the Internal Shariah Department at the…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|