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Fewer than 1-in-10 children in low-income countries have access to child benefits, leaving them vulnerable to disease, education gaps, poor nutrition, poverty and inequality.

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The just dimension of transition finance and related supporting tools

07 February 2024

The ILO is looking for a consultant to write a report reviewing the existing applications of the just dimension of transition finance and related supporting tools. Proposals must be submitted via email to socialfinance@ilo.org by 22 February 2024 (23:59 CET).

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Just Transition Finance - Pathways for banking and insurance

03 December 2023

Promoting a just transition is essential to achieve broad-based support for ambitious climate action. In this collective effort, financial institutions play a major enabling role. This publication highlights crucial elements, emerging practices and examples of the banking and underwriting activities in promoting a just transition and serves as a guide for banks and insurance companies.

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30 November 2023

Credit guarantees can be a powerful instrument to achieve positive development results. This paper summarises findings from case studies, conducted in Guatemala and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and illustrates their contribution to our work co-designing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument.

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Emerging Insight: Setting robust social key performance indicators in sustainability-linked finance

09 November 2023