Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are invaluable resources to local economies across the U.S. These mission-driven organizations, certified by the U.S. Treasury, provide alternative ...

Development finance institutions are crucial for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa who struggle to gain access to finance for building and expanding their operations, according ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. While war is being waged against Iran in the Persian Gulf, ...

Community development financial institutions around the country have been roiled by the Trump administration’s March 14 executive order targeting the CDFI Fund for elimination “to the maximum extent ...

One of the biggest barriers to mobilizing private-sector capital for development is the shortage of “bankable projects.” But British International Investment and Norfund have shown that ...

A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own development. Preferred creditor status is a ...

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank held its first meeting with a group of Arab development finance institutions in Abidjan on Tuesday in an effort to attract more cash from them ...

Africa holds abundant private savings, but much of it remains informal. As a result, its contribution to development financing is limited. Researcher Florian Léon is one of the authors of a recent ...

The minister of solid minerals development, Dr Dele Alake, has called for stronger global collaboration to address ...