Esala Masitabua, Deputy Governor of Fiji’s Reserve Bank, speaks about blue and green bonds, the national financial inclusion plan, parametric insurance, and the factors that have made Fiji a regional and global leader in innovative climate finance.

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S03.06 Fiji: Blue and Green Finance Pioneer

Charlotte Ronje, Founder and CEO of Jamii.one, describes the business case for providing financial services to poor savers and what she sees as the path to scale.

S03.05 Building a Business Serving the Poor

In today's podcast, Thomas Handler, Partner in Handler Thayer LLC, speaks about the challenges in establishing businesses, stewardship of wealth, work ethics, income inequality in America and how to achieve economic and professional success.

S03.04 Income inequality from the 1% angle

Dingi Chirwa, Founder and CEO of Kombeza Foods in Malawi, explains how her desire to make baby food for her child and her father’s retirement purchase of dairy cows led her to found a dairy processing business; and how support from UNDP and Norway and a concessional loan from UNCDF helped set her on the road to success.

S03.03 “A Gift From God:” A Malawian Entrepreneur’s Story

Taiwo Okwor of the Africa Finance Corporation explains how its infrastructure investments can de-risk and attract private sector capital to meet the critical infrastructure needs of the African continent.

S03.02—Catalyzing Infrastructure Investment into Africa: The Role of AFC

Michelle Reddy of the Fiji Women’s Fund explains how the pandemic and climate change are exacerbating the challenges faced by women in Fiji, and how her fund is helping to make change.

S03.01 - How a Feminist Fund Supports Women in Fiji

Two Swedish development experts, Anders Ronquist of Sida and Anders Berlin of UNCDF, explain how Swedish history and society have shaped the government’s generous and innovative approach to using development assistance to fight poverty worldwide. They explore their own careers and experiences to showcase various ways to pursue a career in international development finance.

#37 The Swedish Model: How Sweden’s History and Progressivism Shapes Its Development Assistance

Elizabeth Howard of the African Crowdfunding Association explains the potential of crowdfunding to support businesses and accelerate growth on the continent.

#36 Crowdfunding as the “Trampoline” to Formal Capital

Author Janine Firpo discusses her varied career in tech, microfinance and international development and explains how her new book Activate Your Money: Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World lays out a road map for women to empower themselves about investing and the impact they can have with their resources.

#35 Activate Your Money: How Women Can Take Control of Their Wealth and Help Improve the World

Family office advisor Carol Pepper describes how studying philosophy led her to Wall Street; how the Internet helped create the modern family office; and why high net worth families are increasingly interested in climate change, social justice, and the SDGs.

#34 The 1% is Part of the Solution: How Family Offices Can Help Achieve the SDGs

Impact investing expert Aunnie Patton Power discusses her new book “Adventure Capital: How to Create a Funding Journey That Blends Profit and Purpose” and shares ideas for how venture capital can work better for both funders and social entrepreneurs.

#33 Adventure Finance: How to Reimagine A Better System for Funders and Founders

Taffere Tesfachew, a career UN official, explains how the category of Least Developed Countries was created and how the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) works to support the group.

#32 A Brief History of the LDCs

Ashish Patel of Aavishkaar Capital explains how the experience of running multiple private equity funds in India is shaping the company’s investment strategy for East Africa.

#31 Private Equity Investing in East Africa: Lessons from India

Dia Martin, Managing Director of the US Development Finance Corporation, explains how it invests in solutions to some of the developing world’s most critical challenges.

#30 Investing in Development: How the US DFC Funds Growth

Today, we speak with Henning Ringholz, Senior Executive at the Small Foundation, an Ireland-based foundation working to end extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Henning speaks about systems change and strengthening business ecosystems for African entrepreneur and how to make a difference while being small.

#29 How to support entrepreneurship in local contexts while being small

The UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs). With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

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