DFID [to 19 April 2014]
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UK development bonds will combat global poverty
16 April 2014 DFID Press release
The UK will launch its first ever development impact bond to improve healthcare in Africa by bringing together private and public investment.
The UK will launch its first ever development impact bond to improve healthcare in Africa by bringing together private and public investment, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.
Ms Greening will launch the new bond to invest in the prevention of sleeping sickness in Uganda while attending the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation summit in Mexico.
The UK will also launch a new “roadmap” for increasing further private investment into frontier developing economies. In addition new development cooperation hubs in Nigeria, Mozambique and Kenya will bring together governments, aid agencies and businesses on the ground…