DFI support mechanisms have tended to focus on the project-specific micro premium in cost of capital. But a report for the Climate Policy Initiative by Avinash Persaud...
One of the most important elements of the Capital Adequacy Framework (CAF) conversation is how MDBs are actually going to scale up private capital mobilisation. At the...
MDBs are being tasked to push the boundaries on balance sheet conservativeness, but the level of impact this could have on their triple-A ratings is uncertain. Credit...
2023 was the year of innovation for development finance, circled by the ongoing discussion around the G20 Capital Adequacy Framework (CAF) report and how MDBs can be...
Has COP28 really delivered the beginning of the end for fossil fuels? Probably not, and certainly not in the timescale required by climate science.
Plenty has been prophesied already about the budding relationship between credit and political risk insurers (CPRI) and development finance lenders, particularly as CPRI...
With COP28 due to kick off at the end of month and, based on previous COP outcomes, expectations of progress low, Uxolo takes a look at what progress MDBs have been...
MDB callable capital represents an eye-watering $1.2 trillion in nominal terms, although it has yet to be properly quantified or harnessed. ODI, with funding from the MDB...
Impact investment and blended finance – both key strategies in attracting private sector funding into energy transition, particularly in developing markets. So how to...
Financing the $170 billion African infrastructure gap using domestic capital pools isn’t quite a pie in the sky – there are several financing tools that are already...
The coup in Gabon could not have been worse timing for the country's recent debt-for-nature swap and has made investors anxious – but DFI-backed deals appear to be...
Impact investment and blended finance – both key strategies in attracting private sector funding into energy transition, particularly in developing markets. So how to...
Of the World Bank Group’s lending arms, IBRD, IFC, and MIGA are familiar names to most financiers. But IDA is less often in the press, despite its critical development...
Acre Impact Capital previewed the launch of its Export Finance Funds at TXF & Uxolo’s Global Conference 2023 in Lisbon. The first-of-its-kind strategy plans to bring...
Despite being one of the most essential components of energy value chains, investment in transmission and distribution (T&D) in Africa has been all but moribund. However,...
Calls for the reform of IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are getting louder – the volume was pumped up to high at the last AfDB meeting. Uxolo talks to Hassatou Diop...
A review of the IFC’s scaling solar initiative, and what it says about the African project finance market.
Sovereign SLBs are attracting a lot of attention as a potential energy transition and distressed debt solution. But are they fit for purpose?
Ecuador’s record volume Galapagos deal has busted concerns about repeatability and scalability of debt-for-nature swaps.
Are multilateral development banks (MDBs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) pulling in the same direction when it comes to energy transition? The PR says they are – the...
At the headquarters of the AIIB in Beijing, Uxolo spoke with Domenico Nardelli, Treasurer at AIIB, to outline the MDB’s recent inaugural HK$4 billion ($514 million) three-year public Hong Kong dollar bond market issue – known as the ‘wonton’ bond – as it adds another instrument to its financial toolkit.