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Public finance management (PFM) refers to a set of rules, institutions, policies, processes and practices used by governments for: planning, mobilising resources, budgeting, executing, monitoring...

Highlights: This synthesis presents the results of a 10-year journey that IDRC and ACIAR have taken together in funding agricultural research to inform policy and help improve food and...

This report highlights the challenges involved in financing nature-based projects and draws on the EIB’s experience in implementing the Natural Capital Finance Facility pilot programme in Europe and interviews with key...

Highlights on developing countries and food security: Strong global progress on poverty reduction is at risk of stalling COVID-19 has intensified development challenges around the world...

Highlights: More than 350 million people around the world are in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance – which is more than a 20% increase compared to 2022 and...

A ground-breaking Pilot study has shed new light on corporate biodiversity impacts, revealing a that a short list of top 250 high-impact companies on the MSCI World Index...

This study, prepared by external experts (2012), examines potential interventions to promote the involvement of the private sector in biodiversity financing, including through compliance markets such as biodiversity...

To halt biodiversity loss and achieve internationally agreed conservation goals, the importance of adequate and well-targeted financial resources is well recognised. Yet there is a lack of consistent, comparable...