Subject: CSIS 4/3 Report Launch: Blended Finance and Private Capital in Development
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:46:24 +0000
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Report Launch on Tuesday, April 3 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
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The Project on Prosperity and Development cordially invites you to

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Report Launch:

Blended Finance
and Aligning Private Investment
with Global Development
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https://www.csis.org/events/blended-finance-and-aligning-private-investment-global-development-report-launch?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=12066ea475-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-12066ea475-145367789

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** Tuesday, April 3
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** 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Opening Remarks

** Daniel F. Runde
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William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis and Director of the Project on Prosperity and Development at CSIS

Panel Featuring

** Morten Elkjær
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Vice President, Finance Sector
Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)

** Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante
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Manager, Blended Finance Unit
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

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Karl Fickenscher
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Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment
USAID

** Mildred Callear
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Vice President
Financial and Portfolio Management
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Moderated by

** Conor M. Savoy
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Director of Policy and Advocacy, Global Innovation Fund (GIF);
Senior Associate, CSIS

In partnership with the Danish Embassy in the U.S., the Project on Prosperity and Development will be publishing a report entitled Blended Finance and Aligning Private Investment with Global Development.

Over the past few decades, the composition of development finance has flipped from being primarily funded through public-sector resources to intensified interest and investment from the private sector. Blended finance is one method to unlock private capital for development, referring to structuring global development investment deals with a mixed portfolio of public and private funds to spread and smooth risk-reward profiles, “crowd in” catalytic private investment in sustainable financing, and create markets in developing countries and new contexts.

Blended finance aims to manage, transfer, or mitigate the risk inherent or perceived in the developing world, while also producing a return and creating jobs and growth through investments that otherwise would not exist. Some estimates place the global market size for blended finance at $50 billion, with projections to double over the next few years.

Now, the Project on Prosperity and Development launches this new report to evaluate the impacts, opportunities, and challenges for blended finance in global development.

Please join us at CSIS (1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20036) for this important discussion.

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This event is made possible by support from the Royal Embassy of Denmark

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