This case study explores how financial institutions define, measure, and track financial and social inclusion and identify what proactive activities they are undertaking to be more financially and socially inclusive. We interviewed 17 key informants from four Colombian financial institutions that participated in the USAID/Colombia Rural Finance Initiative project implemented by Chemonics. The financial institutions…
Ivan has spent much of his life working the soil, cultivating wheat, sunflower, and soy. Since its founding in 1992, his farm has grown to more than 118 hectares of land. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed everything. His village is just two kilometers away from the border with Russia, and his fields sit perilously close…
Washington, DC, October 30, 2023 – Today, Talino Venture Studios and Chemonics International announced their new partnership. Supported by Chemonics’ $5 million investment in Talino, the two industry leaders will work together to build groundbreaking, impact-driven, scalable technology solutions for individuals and communities in emerging markets and beyond. “We’re on the verge of something extraordinary,”…
These reports, produced by USAID’s Investment Facilitation Activity in the DRC (USAID Invest, or the Activity), provide an overview of the cocoa and coffee sectors in the DRC. The reports highlight production trends, challenges, and opportunities. They profile relevant sector stakeholders across the value chains, including existing cocoa and coffee farmer cooperatives, traders, processors, exporters,…
This capital map report provides an analysis of the investment ecosystem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a focus on the current and potential investors in the DRC that could be relevant to USAID’s DRC Investment Facilitation Activity (USAID Invest, or the Activity). As USAID Invest seeks to catalyze investment for businesses…
Chemonics’ Investment Readiness Learning Initiative is a first-of-its-kind, multi-year, multi-project learning initiative designed to deepen the evidence base for investment readiness factors, develop strategies for greater private sector engagement, and analyze other critical aspects of investment facilitation in emerging markets. The initiative, conducted in partnership with The Canopy Lab, works with two Chemonics-led, USAID-funded programs,…
Shrinking donor budgets, renewed calls for localization, and countries’ desire to move away from donor dependence require new ways of approaching development. This resource details initiatives and projects that illustrate the efforts and achievements of Chemonics in the private sector engagement space.
Joeteshna Zenos is a climate change specialist with more than ten years of international experience working in climate finance, climate justice, and climate change adaptation. As climate finance advisor with Chemonics’ Climate Group, Joeteshna advises project and proposal teams on effectively identifying and making available financial resources to support climate resilient development outcomes. Previously, Joeteshna worked at the Global…
Chemonics was thrilled to welcome nearly 200 leading public and private sector experts to our Washington, D.C. headquarters to share experiences and best practices for reducing risk and supporting rural agricultural investment. The 2023 Cracking the Nut conference was organized around three themes: 1. Reducing risks associated with rural and agricultural investments; 2. Using subsidies…
This post originally appeared on Fast Company on April 17, 2023. We have the money and ingenuity to solve the world’s greatest challenges. What we need most right now is to unlock the massive capital needed to harness both the entrepreneurial potential in frontier and emerging economies and relevant technology that will provide the breadth of…
The blended finance technical briefs provide tactical guidance and practical use cases for a variety of sectors, which will serve as a reference point for development practitioners interested in leveraging blended finance approaches in project design and delivery and improving the quality of engagement with the private sector. This primer includes a brief overview of how…