Financing development: navigating the landscape of financial instruments and mechanisms

SDGs are being increasingly integrated into public budgets and development cooperation, and financial markets and investors have positively reacted to a stronger integration of the SDGs in public and private investment decisions. However the gaps in financing SDGs remain large. Financing has not yet been adequately reaching the geographies and people that need them the most.

This course aims at building the capacities of a wide range of national actors and development partners in an area of financing development.

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this course is to build the capacities of various actors in understanding the changing context of financing development as well as issues of design and applicability of various financing mechanisms in support of the SDGs. The course also brings together some of the key learnings and practices for designing and implementing financing mechanisms for development.

CONTENT

Module 1: Current development and need for financing.

• Current state of Financing for Development, key concepts and definitions

• Global dialogue and initiatives at the UN

• Sources of financing for development, the leverage effect and catalyzing role of public financing. Engaging the private sector.

Module 2: SDG Financing enabling environment: INFFs.

• Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF): introduction, building blocks, processes and examples

• Linking planning with financing: SDG budgeting solutions

• SDG Finance policy tools and examples
  

Module 3: Blended finance principles and mechanisms.

• Concept and rationale of the blended finance, relevance and application, various

• blended finance instruments

• FInancing mechanisms explored (DIBs, funds, and others).

Module 4: Designing blended finance mechanisms.

• Designing a financing mechanism: tips, guidelines and lessons learned

ACHIEVEMENT

• Exploration of the Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF)

• Recognition of the rationale behind use of blended finance for development objectives

• Introduction to a set of financing mechanisms used for development

• Application of the course content to design a financing mechanism in participants’ own contexts

NUMBER OF HOURS: 24