Insights

Lion’s Head Insights provides research,  analysis and strategic intelligence on emerging and frontier markets with a focus on sustainable finance and development impact

Potential for Risk Financing to Support Shock-Responsive Eduaction Services

The paper highlights how climate-exacerbated shocks such as tropical cyclones, droughts, and earthquakes currently cause up to $7 billion in education infrastructure and learning losses annually, yet education remains one of the least funded sectors in disaster risk financing and climate adaptation.

 

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Maximising the EU Guarantee for Leverage and Impact

This paper examines how the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) guarantee instrument can be strengthened to better support sustainable development in emerging markets.

 

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Unlocking SDRs for Hybrid Capital

In this Insights note, we explore the key takeaways of the decision to greenlight the use of SDRs for Hybrid Capital. We outline the IMF’s approval and the AfDB and IADB proposal, and delve into the implications of this decision.

 

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