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Blended Finance’s Broken Promise and How to Fix It

January 23, 2025
13:15–14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Ten years after public and private financiers committed to support emerging economies in achieving the sustainable development goals, the financing gap has grown by $2.5 trillion to $4.2 trillion. What lessons can governments, multilateral development banks and private investors draw from efforts to boost blended finance and how can they close the financing gap? This session is linked to...
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Speakers

LF
Leila Fourie
Group Chief Executive Officer
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
JJ
Jon Johnsen
Chief Executive Officer
PKA Pension Fund
SP
Sara Pantuliano
Chief Executive
ODI Global
OR
Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso
President
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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