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Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures programme
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The UK government is contributing funding to support the establishment of the global, market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), whose mission is to create a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks and opportunities, with the ultimate aim of incentivising a shift in global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and towards nature-positive outcomes.
Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA)
UK - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
To accelerate the transformation of developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions into a pipeline of bankable projects, which have the potential to attract investment at scale from the private sector. The CFA will achieve this by facilitating ‘transaction-oriented’ workshops, convening project developers, policy makers and capital market players from participant countries with UK-based green finance experts.
FCDO Prosperity Fund: Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
FCDO Prosperity Fund: Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
Brazil Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Programme aims to increase productivity in Brazil to renew economic growth and reduce poverty, by reducing costs and stimulating competition and innovation. Through the UK’s £56 million investment over 3 years, the Prosperity Fund will work in energy, green finance, future cities, and trade to support Brazil. Energy A single UK-Brazil energy partnership will deliver the programme. It will provide a focal point for the UK support on energy regulation, policy making, research and development, and innovation. The programme will support Brazil to: meet international standards and best practices make regulatory reforms to enable the transition to a low carbon economy promote diversification and tackle market failures to boost investment It will increase institutional capacity of regulators, policy makers and operators and improve integration between them. Green Finance The programme will support the establishment of Brazil’s first ‘green investment vehicle’ within a Brazilian development bank, like the UK’s Green Investment Bank (GIB). It aims to develop a new Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) framework for development banks in Brazil to design sustainable infrastructure projects to attract private investment. Future Cities The programme aims to advance sustainable urban development through smart city technologies in mobility and water, areas in which the UK excels. The programme will support transport and water management innovations through a smart city approach to reduce poverty and increase sustainable economic growth. Trade The programme builds on Brazil’s efforts to facilitate trade and integrate into global markets as a source of growth. It aims to support Brazil’s economic development and create jobs. It will do this by reducing the costs of trade and time of transactions, and increasing participation of Brazilian smaller businesses in global value chains.
China Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Through the Prosperity Fund the UK works with China to address big global challenges, and promote sustainable economic growth while creating business opportunities. In line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Prosperity Fund enables the UK to work with China in addressing the biggest global challenges, such as climate change. The Prosperity Fund is also used to promote the conditions for sustainable and inclusive economic growth, while creating opportunities for international business, including UK companies. The China Prosperity Fund programme covers 4 areas: China’s business environment The programme will support progress towards a stronger rule of law including clearer judicial processes, dispute resolution and protection of intellectual property. This ultimately aims to lead to an improved, fairer business environment in which UK firms can operate. Financial services The programme will promote financial sector reform, employing policy and private sector expertise to: better regulate the Chinese financial sector build a more gender and socially inclusive economy enable UK and international businesses to enter the growing Chinese pensions and insurance markets Energy and low carbon The programme will match China’s specific areas for reform and change with UK energy and low carbon strengths, reducing global emissions by accelerating China’s energy transition. Infrastructure in third countries The programme will support and raise environmental and social standards in growth-enhancing Chinese-led infrastructure projects in developing countries in Africa and Asia, through promoting UK and international best practice in design, engineering, financial, professional and legal services.
Indonesia Regulatory Reform and Renewable Energy programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Indonesia Regulatory Reform programme will strengthen the regulatory environment, to overcome obstacles including: - a complicated regulatory environment, which can deter investors - difficulty securing finance for energy infrastructure projects The Renewable Energyprogramme will deliver poverty reduction, economic development and gender equality by developing the renewable energy sector to best support poor communities, with a focus on eastern Indonesia, which has the poorest provinces of Indonesia. The programme will create commercial opportunities for international business, including British business, in the renewable energy sector.
Mexico Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Mexico Prosperity Fund Programme supports sustainable development and promotes economic reform and business innovation.
India Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The programme focuses on where the UK’s expertise and strengths match India’s reform priorities and development needs. These include climate and green growth (including working with India on taking a sustainable, low carbon approach to urbanisation) and advocating free and fair trade through work on ease of doing business, skills, and financial services.
Colombia Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The UK Prosperity Fund for Colombia is designed to support economic development, unlock economic opportunities and drive growth in the country’s post-conflict and conflict-affected regions.
Turkey Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The programmes primary purpose is to provide economic opportunities to drive inclusive growth in Turkey. It will do this through reforming key components of the Financial Services industry which underpin the Turkish economy, and in turn promote inclusive growth to decrease the poverty levels that exist in country. The key components are: · Financial inclusion and access · Capital markets development · Strengthening the Financial Technologies (Fintech) ecosystem. A more inclusive, productive and prosperous Turkey has a significant global benefit. Targeted interventions can guide and amplify Turkey’s Financial Services reform agenda by promoting and delivering inclusive sustainable economic reform. This would have secondary benefits through the increased trade and investment opportunities to local and international companies including British business.
Sudan Economic Impact and Reform (SEIR) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support Sudan’s economic recovery and lay the groundwork for growth by i. Mitigating the impact of economic reforms on the poorest and most vulnerable through social impact mitigation programming. ii. Providing technical assistance (TA) to the Government of Sudan to lead and implement a successful economic reform programme in line with IMF guidance supported by a comprehensive, cross government Poverty Reduction Strategy. iii. Helping prepare the Government of Sudan for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) process so that in future it is able to access resources from International Financial Institutions (IFIs). The programme will support Sudan’s progress towards SDG1 – halving the numbers of people living in poverty – by reducing the risk of economic collapse and supporting Sudan’s economy to become a platform for future growth. Reducing inflation and arresting the collapse of the currency will alleviate the number of people requiring humanitarian aid.
Building debt management capacity in low income countries
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project works through international experts to provide high quality technical advice and support to developing countries to boost their debt management capacity, tackle their debt vulnerabilities and to engage with their creditors. The Debt Management Facility (DMF) for Low-Income Countries (LICs) is a multi-donor trust fund that supports implementation of the World Bank and IMF's work programme to tackle debt vulnerabilities in low-income countries. The DMF's objective is to strengthening debt management capacity in Ministries of Finance and Central Banks in developing countries to help them report, assess and better plan their debt. The African Legal Support Facility helps countries in Africa manage their debt vulnerabilities and engage with creditors on a level playing field by providing capacity building and access to world class legal and financial advice.
Commonwealth Veteran's Welfare Programme for ODA Eligible Countries
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide commonwealth veterans and their widows/widowers from ODA eligible countries, who worked for British Armed Forces before their countries gained independence, now living in poverty, with two meals a day through a 5 year cash transfer programme.
UK-India Global Innovation Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will accelerate delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia and Africa by supporting transfer of inclusive Indian innovations, benefitting poor people, with a special focus on women and the disabled. The new programme will operate in specific countries in Africa - Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and South Asia - Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan. It will increase agricultural productivity and food security; address pressing health needs; provide potable water; clean energy; and technology for financial services; by prioritising these sectors. It will do this by deploying a more ambitious and comprehensive range of financial instruments compared to our existing programme, including investment and lending, to fund the development, transfer and scale up of innovations by Indian public, private sector and civil society organisations.
Enterprise and Assets Growth Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Improved Micro Small and Medium Enterprise access to appropriate financial services translating into higher economic benefits for state, and poor and marginalised groups, in Pakistan. EAGR programme will also contribute to the UK government commitment to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change by making green investments in SMEs within Pakistan which is an ODA eligible country.
Climate Smart Jobs Immediate COVID Response
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Climate Smart Jobs Immediate COVID Response will focus on actions which support Uganda’s private sector, focused around support to the financial sector, including injecting liquidity into key parts of the financial markets.
Impact Programme - Investment to fund innovative solutions for development and help develop sustainable investment markets that work for the poor
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
FCDO is aiming to catalyse the market for impact investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Impact investments are those which have both a financial and social return by benefiting poor and low-income people through improved access to affordable goods and services and income generating opportunities. The Impact Programme aims to promote solutions to the barriers and constraints that are preventing Impact Investing from scaling up in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The programme seeks to foster a significant increase in the volume and distribution of impact investment, reaching the underserved as consumers, suppliers, distributors or employees, in hard to reach, difficult geographies, and through innovative business models.
The Ethiopia Investment Advisory Facility (EIAF) Phase II Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme aim to provide flexible, demand-led technical assistance to Government of Ethiopia ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises in order to enhance the effectiveness of public investments and improve the enabling environment for exporters. By providing technical expertise and capacity building in the areas of public investment management; industrial parks and their supporting infrastructure; and trade logistics, EIAF II aims to contribute to outward oriented, manufacturing led, sustainable and inclusive growth in Ethiopia.
Tristan da Cunha: Provision of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building 2018-2022
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To enable the Administration of Tristan da Cunha to provide appropriate public services to meet the basic health, education, safeguarding and governance needs of the island community, through the provision of professional expertise and training.
Accelerating Investment and Infrastructure in Nepal
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To accelerate private investment and economic growth in Nepal by providing technical expertise to help Nepalese institutions develop major infrastructure; improve the business climate for domestic and foreign investors; improve the implementation of economic policy and test new approaches for local economic development. This will result in at least £600 million of private investment into growth-boosting sectors and a reduction by at least 10% in time or cost for at least five regulatory processes perceived as burdensome by the private sector.
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