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Transforming developing countries through private sector investment

VoxDevTalk

Published 01.08.18
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Nile Sprague/TechnoServe

What do development finance institutions do, and how do they do it?

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CDC facilitates private sector investment in countries which are home to 80% of the world’s poorest people. In this interview, the CEO of CDC, Nick O’Donohoe, explains what development finance is, the scale of this sector, and the challenges of investing in risky environments, as well as discusses some of CDC’s biggest success stories.