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Beyond blended finance? Time for more philanthropy-powered co-investment

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ Leave a comment

As a new collaborative investing approaches are experimented with, philanthropy is finding its own voice.

From silos and projects to systems and missions: crowding finance and people into integrated visions

November 15, 2020 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ Leave a comment

Partnerships are a good start, but better framed cross-cutting goals and more intentionally cross-cutting finance should be the next step.

A (system) change is coming (part 2): the eight emerging trade-offs for financing for sustainability

October 1, 2020 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 1 Comment

As 'systems change' inspires a growing number of funders, financing the world of tomorrow using today’s funding toolkits will make this a messy journey in the near term. I have found this eight-way trade-off to be a useful way to make sense of this mess and frame progress towards a more fit-for-purpose way of arranging finance for sustainability.

A (system) change is coming (part 1): the next “net zero”?

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 2 Comments

Last year, “net zero” went from radical idea to mainstream policy goal. System change looks set to become that disrupter for how we imagine financing sustainable development.

Making innovative partnerships for impact finance work: the five big trade-offs

September 25, 2019October 4, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 1 Comment

Barriers to investment are real, but so are game-changing partnerships looking at the bigger picture. Cue a game of musical chairs for the best partners: time to start eyeballing some furniture.

Getting ready for the big time: subnational Public Financial Management

August 22, 2019October 16, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ Leave a comment

Lessons from one of the blind spots of development finance are rising through the city and subnational finance agenda. Oh, and SNG-WOFI is crying for a rebranding.

Catching the wave: policy coherence and opportunities for climate and sustainable finance

July 3, 2019October 16, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 1 Comment

Policy coherence is not a new idea, but a Great Green Realignment would open a window of opportunity for emerging forms of partnership-based finance to take hold

SDG and climate finance: the partnership premium

June 19, 2019June 30, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 2 Comments

Attention, financiers: forming SDG-enabling financing consortia could be the new 'origination'

No more free-riding: the emergence of SDG value capture financing

June 15, 2019June 16, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 3 Comments

Finally, a framework for SDG and sustainable infrastructure finance participants to work together?

Climate and SDG financing: 3 reasons why 2018 was actually a momentous year

June 9, 2019June 12, 2019 ~ Sacha Gayama ~ 1 Comment

If 2015 and 2016 were watershed moments for climate and sustainable development policy, 2018 was when the penny dropped for finance.

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