December 23, 2024

Leaving No One Behind? How Development Finance Can Better Reduce Poverty

© Juliana PesqueiraWhile land and natural resource investment tasks often assure to lower hardship, their negative impacts can have the opposite effect for the neighborhoods situated near investment sites. In particular, power asymmetries between communities and operating companies can undermine the capacity for meaningful assessment and continual dialogue.To overcome this difficulty, advancement finance institutions need to ensure at-risk neighborhoods have access to the technical support they need to navigate complicated investment processes.