Page Content 2016-12 eiNewsletter  joint Newsletter of the Networks e+i and A&FS 
Dear members of the e+i and the A&FS network, We are very happy to present you with this year's first edition of our joint newsletter and wish you good reading.
Peter Beez Felix Fellmann
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Fabiana MargadantHQ, Academic Intern at the Focal Point e+i
 What do you love about your work, what is special about it? As an academic intern for the Focal Point e+i I have the opportunity to see into different areas of SDC’s e+i work and meet many interesting people. This is my first job after graduating from the University of St. Gallen and I especially appreciate the exchange and collaboration with experienced colleagues. The work at the Focal Point gives great insight into the interesting world of development cooperation. After completing my internship at the end of February 2017 I would like to continue working in the exiting area of e+i.
Which is/ are your favourite instrument(s)? Of course our e+i shareweb and its new smart search. We are diligently working on improving the quality of the project, contact and document databases. The shareweb is a great source for information about all e+i topics, and I hope that I’ll have time to read more about VSD, PSD and FSD in the remaining three months of my internship at the Focal Point. Your message for your colleagues?The Focal Point in Bern is here to help everyone working on e+i topics and is more than happy to help you out with any questions you have and connect you to the right persons in our network. Further, I would like to draw your attention to our network meetings in Bern. It is always interesting to hear what colleagues are working on. If you do not have time to participate or are working abroad, there is always a protocol of the network meetings which can be found on the Shareweb in the community area.
Unfortunately, the always great e+i (Einschank & Imbiss) apéro is only available to those participating. |
Serge OumowProgramme Officer, SDC East Asia Division  What is your background and your current job?
I am what is sometimes appreciated and other times rather decried: a generalist with over 20 years of very eclectic and diverse experience in development work. First a graduate in Russian (Soviet) Studies with a passion for the sea (I wanted to become Captain and ended a few years Seaman in the Swiss merchant navy) and music (thought I could be a Blues Brother in a R’n’B band in Geneva), I started working at the grass root level in NGOs in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union in the early 1990’s; joined briefly ICRC in Nagorno Karabakh; and started at SDC as member of the Swiss Humanitarian Corps in Ukraine and Moldova. After a stint at OZA (Russia and Central Asia desk) I left SDC to follow my wife in Warsaw (who worked for OSCE), where I worked as a consultant for funds to new EU member states, before joining WFP in Sudan (the biggest humanitarian operation in the world) responsible for partnerships. After four years in Sudan, Darfur included, and after the secession between North and South, I returned to SDC at the Global Programme Migration and Development as Regional Adviser in West Africa based in Cotonou, Benin. I am now back in Berne with my family and work as desk for Laos and Mekong, where there is a strong AFS programme. For how long have you been in your current job and what are your tasks/activities?
I started in September 2016 as desk for Laos and Mekong, so just a few months ago. I am responsible for the overall management of programmes in Lao PDR (three main domains as Governance, EVET and AFS) and the Regional Portfolio of SDC in the Mekong Region: partnerships with Mekong River Commission and Mekong Institute; Mekong Region Land Governance MRLG; and a regional programme on labour migration and skills development. What are your interests and expectations towards the A+FS Network?
I am a very inquisitive person and remain very open to different subjects. Currently though, my main interest is with the process of urbanization and how to integrate most efficiently our current programmes with the thematic of urban growth and influence. I look forward to working with colleagues at SDC to explore together this issue and try to integrate it into our programming. I am very happy to meet old colleagues again as well as discover new ones in the A+FS Network and work alongside for the coming few years.  02 Dec 2016 BEAM Exchange is inviting you to share your stories of overcoming monitoring and results measurement challenges. The chances are that your solution is information another programme is looking for! You can share your story in any format (blog, Skype call, video etc.). This is a great opportunityf or you to contribute to the exchange of innovation and learning in measuring programme impacts. >> more 01 Dec 2016 On November 1st SDC invited Mike Albu, the director of BEAM Exchange, to discuss adaptive management within market system development (MSD), based on a recent report published by the BEAM research team. They used a mixed-method approach which included a literature review and 60 key informant interviews to identify opportunities and limitations confronting the widespread adoption of adaptive management in MSD programms. One of the study’s recommendation is to rethink the logframe and how it is used, moving away from linear thinking and number-based results management. Look at Mike Albu's slides as input for the discussion or read one of the authors blog post or visit the webinar on the topic. 29 Nov 2016 From 20 - 23 September 2016 the Face-to-Face (F2F) meeting of the Western Balkan (WBA) e+i practitioners took place in Pristina Kosovo. 25 participants from the WBA cooperation offices, the SDC head office, representatives from other Eastern offices as well as selected implementation partners actively participated in it. This year’s topic was centred around Vocational Skills Development (VSD) and had the objective to learn about SDC’s VSD direction and get concrete ideas how VSD projects could reach out more to the private sector and excluded target groups with appropriate, efficient and effective models of collaboration and delivery mechanism. Read more about the F2F here or access the folder with selected presentations of the event. 28 Nov 2016 
The Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) is a public-private development partnership dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of low-income people and micro-entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies. It is a grant-making organisation with the objective to promote financial inclusion as a strategy for alleviating poverty. SCBF currently unites 18 Switzerland-based member organisations, including SDC as the public partner and core funder. The members greatly contribute through their expertise, ensuring SCBF stays focused and selects high-impact projects for capacity building support. This creates a unique partnership working to help partner financial institutions to enhance their outreach to financially excluded populations, as part of social and economic development work.
Project highlights in September & October 2016 Approved projects Product up-scaling: Strengthening outreach to rural clients with e-wallets by FINCA Haiti: Integrating disbursements and improving delivery channels structure
 Caption for the attached image: “A group of agricultural loan clients in Gros-Morne (Artibonite) in Haiti, about an hour inland from the FINCA branch on a dirt road. These clients repay their loans using mobile money.”
There are also several projects in the pipeline in Kenya, Colombia, Zambia, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Closed projects
Product up-scaling: CIH Bank in Morocco – Downscaling to target small enterprises.
30 Nov 2016 Have you ever wondered who the participants in SDCs VET programmes are and what they aspire? This short film presents you Medea and Giorgi, who are determined to take part in the economic life of their own village. To spread their story you can also share the film via FDFAs YouTube presence.
Besides the individual stories, the film is also interesting from an analytical perspective as SDCs engagement in Georgia shows what VET interventions can achieve:
- 95% of vocational course graduates found employment in agriculture.
- 200 new training modules and 8 educational programmes were introduced in vocational colleges.
- Work-based learing was introduced at 4 animal farms and 5 fruit growing farms. Due to these impressive numbers, SDC and UNDP decided to expand the programme. By 2018 10'000 farmers will benefit. 29 Nov 2016 From 20 - 23 September 2016 the Face-to-Face (F2F) meeting of the Western Balkan (WBA) e+i practitioners took place in Pristina Kosovo. 25 participants from the WBA cooperation offices, the SDC head office, representatives from other Eastern offices as well as selected implementation partners actively participated in it. This year’s topic was centred around Vocational Skills Development (VSD) and had the objective to learn about SDC’s VSD direction and get concrete ideas how VSD projects could reach out more to the private sector and excluded target groups with appropriate, efficient and effective models of collaboration and delivery mechanism. Read more about the F2F here or access the folder with selected presentations of the event. BEAM, Asocam and Swisscontact are collaborating to create the Latin American Network for Market Systems Development. To do this, an event will take place on 26-27 January 2017 in Lima, Peru. The event will allow the participants the opportunity to learn from each other, network and provide strategic inputs to shape the network according to their needs. Please click here for further information in Spanish. Places are limited. ![]()
The course targets advanced practitioners
andwill focus on challenging technical topics, critical soft skills andemerging areas of results measurement for PSD.
The trainers are Aly Miehlbradt and Hans Posthumus and the
courseis only open to Results Measurement practitioners with at least two years ofexperience in applying the DCED Results Measurement Standard in practice.
>> more ![]() This training course offers a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of all aspects that PSD practitioners need to set up a practical results measurement system for internal learning and communicating credible results. This course targets intervention and results measurement staff and managers. The course is offered by HPC with Hans Posthumus and Phitcha Wanitphon as lead trainers. >> more  BEAM is starting a new webinar series titled ‘Guidance from the field’.The first webinar will be on The Investment Manual of the AlliancesLesser Caucasus Programme. At this 30-minute webinar, Helen Bradbury, TeamLeader of ALCP, will guide us through the programme's Investment Manual,a donor-approved guideline for decision-making, implementation and monitoring of ALCP activities. The manual details the criteria, processes and operational procedures the programme use to initiate and manage partnerships with market actors. You will learn how they go about selecting criteria, the application process, investment plan development, procurement, investment disbursement and the monitoring and evaluation of investments. Written by implementers ‒ direct from practice ‒ it is a manual for implementers. Taken as a whole it conveys a sense of the decision-making that team members can develop and which make up the "art" of facilitation. The webinar will take place on 7 December 2016 at 11amGMT. To register, click here.  The Central America & Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce the new dates for the Investment Manager Training inMexico City! The training will take place the week of January 23-27, 2017 in Mexico City. If you are interested in attending, save your spot by registering here. There is limited capacity, so we encourage you to registeras soon as possible. We have limited scholarships for Latin members, thanks to the Ricardo Salinas Foundation About the course
The five day course covers the entire investment process - from deal sourcing and due diligence to termsheets, business support, and exitstrategies and impact measurement. The course is highly interactive and designed to facilitate group learning between participants. This is the only course of its kind that focuses onboth investing in emerging and (quite developing) markets. If you are interestedin gaining additional knowledge on investing in early stage enterprises inemerging markets from some (quite of) the leaders in the field, then this isthe course for you. Who should take this course?
The course is designed both for investment managers whoare actively investing in small and growing businesses, capacity development providers who are supporting entrepreneurs through the investmentprocess and entrepreneurs looking to raise capital. Participants should be mid-level and have a goodunderstanding of basic financial and accounting concepts, including internal rates of return and discounted cash flow.  The training course provides a basic introduction into the concept and methods of the M4P approach. M4P is a systemic approach that attempts to understand and overcome the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, where implementing agencies provide or support services directly to the poor, within M4P an agency acts as a facilitator who aligns key players and key functions of a system to produce sustainable benefits for the poor. - Enabling environment for private sector development
- Strategic framework of the M4P approach
- Analyzing and understanding systems and system change
- Sustainability of system change
- Facilitation of system change
- Measurement of M4P interventions
- Management of M4P interventions
Course Coordinators: Peter Bissegger, Markus Kupper, Swisscontact - Matthias Herr, Maja Rüegg, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation - Prof. Dr. Rolf Kappel, NADEL Registration forms and admission requirements: Please visit NADEL's website for the registration forms and more information about the admission requirements. ![]()
The conference is organized by CIRAD, the French Centre for Agricultural Research for Development. It will provide space to debate the role of agricultural value chains in implementing global and local frameworks and partnerships for translating the Sustainable Development Goals into reality. >>
more BEAM is starting a new webinar series titled ‘Guidance from the field’.The first webinar will be on The Investment Manual of the AlliancesLesser Caucasus Programme. At this 30-minute webinar, Helen Bradbury, TeamLeader of ALCP, will guide us through the programme's Investment Manual,a donor-approved guideline for decision-making, implementation and monitoring of ALCP activities. The manual details the criteria, processes and operational procedures the programme use to initiate and manage partnerships with market actors. You will learn how they go about selecting criteria, the application process, investment plan development, procurement, investment disbursement and the monitoring and evaluation of investments. Written by implementers ‒ direct from practice ‒ it is a manual for implementers. Taken as a whole it conveys a sense of the decision-making that team members can develop and which make up the "art" of facilitation. The webinar will take place on 7 December 2016 at 11amGMT. To register, click here. The Central America & Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce the new dates for the Investment Manager Training inMexico City! The training will take place the week of January 23-27, 2017 in Mexico City. If you are interested in attending, save your spot by registering here. There is limited capacity, so we encourage you to registeras soon as possible. We have limited scholarships for Latin members, thanks to the Ricardo Salinas Foundation About the course
The five day course covers the entire investment process - from deal sourcing and due diligence to termsheets, business support, and exitstrategies and impact measurement. The course is highly interactive and designed to facilitate group learning between participants. This is the only course of its kind that focuses onboth investing in emerging and (quite developing) markets. If you are interestedin gaining additional knowledge on investing in early stage enterprises inemerging markets from some (quite of) the leaders in the field, then this isthe course for you. Who should take this course?
The course is designed both for investment managers whoare actively investing in small and growing businesses, capacity development providers who are supporting entrepreneurs through the investmentprocess and entrepreneurs looking to raise capital. Participants should be mid-level and have a goodunderstanding of basic financial and accounting concepts, including internal rates of return and discounted cash flow. Our next Savings & Credit Forum will take place at the University of Zurich on Thursday, March 16th, 2017.
Please save the date and have a look at the programme here. Previous to the Forum, on March 15th (full day) and March 16th (until noon) there will be the SPTF Social Investors Meeting at the same venue. A draft programme is still inpreparation. There will be space for up to 100 participants. Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen Gerne laden wir euch zum ersten E+C Learning Event zum Thema „Impact Evaluation in Practice“ am 22. Dezember in der DEZA im A2038 ein. Patrick Premand, Senior Economist bei der Weltbank,wird einen Einblick in sein gleichnamiges Buch geben und den Ansatz anhand eines Beispiels eines Youth Employment Projekts in Côte d’Ivoire illustrieren. Wir würden uns sehr über eure Teilnahme freuen. Übrigens könnt ihr euch bereits den Termin für den zweiten E+C Learning Event reservieren: 19. Januar, 15:30 bis 17 Uhr zum Thema „Unintended effects of international cooperation“. Liebe Grüsse Sektion Evaluation und Controlling
Course Objective
Rooted in Switzerland’s own unique and strong system, vocational education and training (VET) has been one of the key pillars in Swiss international cooperation ever since itsbeginnings. After a slack period, VET is back on the agenda of international cooperation.The aim of the training course is to strengthen the capacity of the participants in portfoliomanagement for VET, skills development and active labor market policies. Please visit NADEL's website for the registration forms or more information about the admission requirements. The training course provides a basic introduction into the concept and methods of the M4P approach. M4P is a systemic approach that attempts to understand and overcome the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, where implementing agencies provide or support services directly to the poor, within M4P an agency acts as a facilitator who aligns key players and key functions of a system to produce sustainable benefits for the poor. - Enabling environment for private sector development
- Strategic framework of the M4P approach
- Analyzing and understanding systems and system change
- Sustainability of system change
- Facilitation of system change
- Measurement of M4P interventions
- Management of M4P interventions
Course Coordinators: Peter Bissegger, Markus Kupper, Swisscontact - Matthias Herr, Maja Rüegg, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation - Prof. Dr. Rolf Kappel, NADEL Registration forms and admission requirements: Please visit NADEL's website for the registration forms and more information about the admission requirements. This years GIZs annual theme day for education and labor market is dedictated to the ongoing digitalisation of education and vocational training. Registration deadline is December 6. Read more here.
[Only in FRENCH] La rénovation des dispositifs nationaux de FAR est bien engagée dans un nombre croissant de pays, leurs stratégies d’intervention étant pour la plupart d’entre eux clairement posées, en ligne avec les stratégies nationales de développement agricole et rural. Une des questions majeures reste toutefois posée : comment faciliter l’ancrage de ces dispositifs de formation et leur contextualisation dans leurs territoires de manière durable. Objectifs : - Développer un langage commun sur la territorialisation des dispositifs de la FAR à partir du partage d’expériences sur la réalité et les enjeux de la décentralisation ;
Expliciter les niveaux différents auxquels l’ancrage de la FAR peut se faire en fonction des situations nationales ;
Définir, dans une logique de partenariat et du point de vue des collectivités, les différentes formes d’organisation et de financement envisageables pour cet ancrage ;
Définir une grille d’analyse aidant à guider la construction et la pérennisation d’une offre régionale de formation adaptée à la demande locale et procurant des services appropriés aux différentes catégories de bénéficiaires.
Read more.
22 Nov 2016 The focal point e+i has a special We+ihnachtszeit treat for you! Every day you get the chance to explore, learn, laugh or just relax until it is Christmas (=We+ihnachten). Make sure you don’t miss any stars to be opened and let us know in case you have questions or inputs. >> here << Your e+i focalpoint. 01 Nov 2016 NADELs course programme covers a wide range of relevant topis for practitioners in the field of e+i. Besides this, the courses are unique opportunity to engage with other peers, experts, policy makers, and in particular with the Swiss development cooperation community. The course programm, the registration forms, and more information about the admission requirements are available on NADEL's website.
For professionals in the field of VET two courses are especially recommended: Registration for the spring semester 2017 starts on October 31, and for the autumn semester 2017 it starts on May 29, 2017.
16 Sep 2016 SDC finances the Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) project in Kosovo with the aim of increasing the employment opportunities for young women and men who graduate from Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools and universities. EYE helps facilitating their transition from school into the workforce. The project, implemented by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and MDA, uses a systemic approach to the labour market and works in the VSD and in the PSD domain. The popular Swiss TV news show “10vor10” has recently broadcasted a 5-minutes clip (in German) about one of the interventions of the project, which collaborates with Kosovar media companies. >> more 22 Nov 2016 The focal point e+i has a special We+ihnachtszeit treat for you! Every day you get the chance to explore, learn, laugh or just relax until it is Christmas (=We+ihnachten). Make sure you don’t miss any stars to be opened and let us know in case you have questions or inputs. >> here << Your e+i focalpoint. 01 Nov 2016 NADELs course programme covers a wide range of relevant topis for practitioners in the field of e+i. Besides this, the courses are unique opportunity to engage with other peers, experts, policy makers, and in particular with the Swiss development cooperation community. The course programm, the registration forms, and more information about the admission requirements are available on NADEL's website.
For professionals in the field of VET two courses are especially recommended: Registration for the spring semester 2017 starts on October 31, and for the autumn semester 2017 it starts on May 29, 2017.
16 Sep 2016 SDC finances the Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) project in Kosovo with the aim of increasing the employment opportunities for young women and men who graduate from Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools and universities. EYE helps facilitating their transition from school into the workforce. The project, implemented by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and MDA, uses a systemic approach to the labour market and works in the VSD and in the PSD domain. The popular Swiss TV news show “10vor10” has recently broadcasted a 5-minutes clip (in German) about one of the interventions of the project, which collaborates with Kosovar media companies. >> more 22 Nov 2016 The focal point e+i has a special We+ihnachtszeit treat for you! Every day you get the chance to explore, learn, laugh or just relax until it is Christmas (=We+ihnachten). Make sure you don’t miss any stars to be opened and let us know in case you have questions or inputs. >> here << Your e+i focalpoint. 01 Nov 2016 NADELs course programme covers a wide range of relevant topis for practitioners in the field of e+i. Besides this, the courses are unique opportunity to engage with other peers, experts, policy makers, and in particular with the Swiss development cooperation community. The course programm, the registration forms, and more information about the admission requirements are available on NADEL's website.
For professionals in the field of VET two courses are especially recommended: Registration for the spring semester 2017 starts on October 31, and for the autumn semester 2017 it starts on May 29, 2017.
16 Sep 2016 SDC finances the Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) project in Kosovo with the aim of increasing the employment opportunities for young women and men who graduate from Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools and universities. EYE helps facilitating their transition from school into the workforce. The project, implemented by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and MDA, uses a systemic approach to the labour market and works in the VSD and in the PSD domain. The popular Swiss TV news show “10vor10” has recently broadcasted a 5-minutes clip (in German) about one of the interventions of the project, which collaborates with Kosovar media companies. >> more Helen Bradbury-DCED [1.3 MB] The paper focuses on how the impact from development programming can be equitably distributed amongst male and female beneficiaries. It focuses on the Alliances Lesser Caucasus Programme (ALCP) in Georgia and examines how to put gender and Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) into practice in M4P. Steven Geiger; My Lan Hoang-SDC [729 kB] We
have closed a program called Market Access for the Rural Poor program
through value chain support (MARP) 2012-2016. The project, results
achieved and lessons learned are described in the reader-friendly Asia Brief on the MARP project. With the positive results achieved.
If
you have any question regarding the MARP program, please feel free to contact
Steven Geiger (steven.geiger@eda.admin.ch) USAID; Beam [604 kB] This publication by USAID and BEAM exchange looks into the Alliances Lesser Caucasus Programme (ALCP) in the Georgian Dairy Industry. BEAM Exchange This short blog post by Nathalie Gunasekera describes the experience of the youth employment project MarketMakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has designed a unique co-facilitation model with Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to foster sustainable change. It describes key factors that make the co-facilitation model work for MarketMakers.  Seco, SDC [427 kB] In this paper, Christian Brändli from SECO and Luca Etter from SDC provide an overview on Social Impact Bonds (SIB) and put light on this "new" instrument for donors, listing critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. A very well written must-read for everybody who participated at the Savings and Credit Forum on "Blended Finance" in September 2016, and is impatiently awaiting the next in March 2017 on Social Performance Management and Reporting Practices of Financial Institutions and Microfinance Impact Investors. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are a relatively “new” instrument for donors to finance development interventions. SECO and SDC have both launched projects that use a variation of SIBs in their partner countries. This paper explains the most important aspects of SIBs and lists critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. The paper is work in progress and aimed as an input for colleagues who are considering an SIB. It does not represent an official position. OCED-OCED The 2017 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook explores youth, skills and entrepreneurship. Young Latin Americans embody the region’s promise and perils. They stand at the crossroads of a region whose once promising economy and social progress are now undergoing a slow down. The Outlook identifies potential strategies and policy responses to help Latin America and the Caribbean revive economic growth. HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation This blog, initiated by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, discusses an experience from Bangladesh on addressing financial inclusion of poor and disadvantaged women and men. The experience shows that while the business model of microfinance institutions gave access tocredits to millions of users, this didn’t address, as discussed below, critical issues of financial inclusion. Please share your insights and opinions. Seco, SDC [427 kB] In this paper, Christian Brändli from SECO and Luca Etter from SDC provide an overview on Social Impact Bonds (SIB) and put light on this "new" instrument for donors, listing critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. A very well written must-read for everybody who participated at the Savings and Credit Forum on "Blended Finance" in September 2016, and is impatiently awaiting the next in March 2017 on Social Performance Management and Reporting Practices of Financial Institutions and Microfinance Impact Investors. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are a relatively “new” instrument for donors to finance development interventions. SECO and SDC have both launched projects that use a variation of SIBs in their partner countries. This paper explains the most important aspects of SIBs and lists critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. The paper is work in progress and aimed as an input for colleagues who are considering an SIB. It does not represent an official position. SDC [768 kB] The Global Programme Food Security and the Employment and Income Focal Point are pleased to share this Global Brief on “Agricultural Insurance: offering hope forthe future to smallholder farmers”. For smallholder farmers in developing countries, extreme weather events, such as droughts or floods, can cause substantial losses and jeopardize their livelihoods. Supporting insurance schemes for smallholder farmers means offering them the possibility to manage the many risks confronting them more effectively, protecting their investments and increasing their resilience. ILO In addition to a profound analysis of recent trends in rural employment in Latin America, this ILO report includes also policy recommendations. The report is available in spanish and can be downloaded here. Seco, SDC [427 kB] In this paper, Christian Brändli from SECO and Luca Etter from SDC provide an overview on Social Impact Bonds (SIB) and put light on this "new" instrument for donors, listing critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. A very well written must-read for everybody who participated at the Savings and Credit Forum on "Blended Finance" in September 2016, and is impatiently awaiting the next in March 2017 on Social Performance Management and Reporting Practices of Financial Institutions and Microfinance Impact Investors. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are a relatively “new” instrument for donors to finance development interventions. SECO and SDC have both launched projects that use a variation of SIBs in their partner countries. This paper explains the most important aspects of SIBs and lists critical questions and factors to consider before setting up a SIB. The paper is work in progress and aimed as an input for colleagues who are considering an SIB. It does not represent an official position. Matthias Jäger, Markus Maurer, Martin Fässler-HEP The books main focus lies on the analysis of educational cooperation in the context of poverty reduction and economic assistance. The authors cover everything from the first programmes to a new generation of programmes yet to come. To order the book click here. OCED-OCED The 2017 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook explores youth, skills and entrepreneurship. Young Latin Americans embody the region’s promise and perils. They stand at the crossroads of a region whose once promising economy and social progress are now undergoing a slow down. The Outlook identifies potential strategies and policy responses to help Latin America and the Caribbean revive economic growth. |
