Finance

Management practices and the financial performance of farms

Journal article / This article explores the impact of famers’ business management practices on financial performance, and how policy could be tailored to better meet their needs.

4 February 2021 / About Business, Finance, Food and agriculture, Land use and Public policy

Humanitarian needs crucial for UN disaster relief after climate disasters

Press release / A study finds that aid provided by the UN in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian needs rather than by strategic donor interest.

20 January 2021 / About Disaster risk, Finance and Geopolitics

Gobeshona Global Conference event: designing a loss and damage financing mechanism

Past event / This event will present insights and findings that could form the basis of a fair and feasible loss and damage fund.

19 January 2021 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk and Finance

A group of diverse professionals engaged in a meeting around a table in a bright office setting with a large window and greenery outside.

Toward isomorphism in development aid? A study on current trust patterns and their implications for the multi-actor policy on diversity in aid

Project / This project collects systematic data on how the diversity objectives Swedish Policy for Global Development policy are met in actual practice.

2021 - 2026 / About Finance, Participation and Public policy

Wind turbines stand against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains beneath a pink sunset sky.

The role of risk mitigation in renewable energy investments in sub-Saharan Africa

Project / This research project explores the effectiveness of financial risk mitigation in attracting private investment in renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa.

2021 - 2025 / About Energy access, Finance, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

The Paris Agreement Five Years On: Adaptation to dangerous climate change is not conceding defeat on mitigation

Perspective / A global policy cannot be built on an idea that just one goal matters. Both mitigation of climate change and adaptation to it are vital missions.

15 December 2020 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

The Paris Agreement five years on

Feature / Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, SEI looks at what it said on various issues of climate politics, where we are now — and where we need to go.

11 December 2020 / About Climate policy, Finance and Short lived climate pollutants

Beyond the 100 billion dollar goal for climate finance

Perspective / Five years on from the Paris Agreement, it’s time to advance the goal of making all finance flows consistent with low-emission, climate resilient development.

8 December 2020 / About Finance

Financing the Covid-19 recovery: five ways for Southeast Asia to attain sustainability

Perspective / As Covid-19 continues to ravage Asia, we propose five pathways to an SDG-driven recovery for ASEAN nations.

20 November 2020 / About Finance