Through applied research, field work and advocacy the Centre for Development Finance Studies identifies and disseminates practical solutions for integrating development finance institutions into global capital markets. It works to shape a future where the development finance system harnesses the reach and scale of the global capital markets to dramatically increase the participation of private capital for the 2030 Agenda.
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About us
The Centre for Development Finance Studies is a non-profit organisation dedicated to applied research, field work and advocacy in the field of development finance.
The CDFS works to shape a future where the development finance system harnesses the reach and scale of the global capital markets to dramatically increase the participation of private capital for the 2030 Global Goals.
The CDFS Method
Through close engagement with both the development finance system and private financial institutions the CDFS identifies and disseminates practical solutions for integrating DFIs into global capital markets.
The CDFS' activities focus on three interconnected modules that together have the capacity to generate accelerated development through capital markets:
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Policy: Create the conditions for Accelerated Development
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Solutions: Build the tools for Accelerated Development
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Capital: Identify the most adapted pools of capital and how to mobilise them
Within each module the CDFS pursues several areas for further research and advocacy. These include the following:
How can sustainable pipelines of investible opportunities be stimulated?
What are the cascading market development effects of greater levels of transparency?
What are the product and policy routes to best stimulate the development of local capital markets?
How can risk sharing techniques enhance the efficiency of the development finance system?
What are the strategies to direct established pools of climate finance capital to emerging markets projects?
How can a true measure of the effectiveness of catalytic capital be developed?
Governance and Management
The CDFS is governed by an independent board of directors and led by a management team with extensive experience in development finance and capital markets.
Contact
Centre for Development Finance Studies Insamlingsstiftelse
c/o Berghs SOC, Bobergsgatan 48,
115 42 Stockholm, Sweden
info@thecdfs.org
c/o Berghs SOC, Bobergsgatan 48,
115 42 Stockholm, Sweden
info@thecdfs.org