INVEST Publications

Driven by a core research and learning mandate, INVEST captures and shares lessons learned from across its global portfolio about what works in blended finance and why. INVEST’s learning products and events:  

• Share lessons learned across 81 countries across many sectors from activities to mobilize investment for development  

• Equip USAID with data and evidence on when and how market-driven approaches can be used effectively  

• Contribute to developing best practices in blended finance and mobilizing investment for inclusive development outcomes

Learning Resources

About Blended Finance

• USAID INVEST Catalytic Funding 101

• Blended Finance Starter Kit

• Using Blended Finance to Generate Additionality and Human Impact: Guidance Note

• Mobilizing Investment for Development with Catalytic Funding: Learning Brief

Women’s Economic Empowerment

• Gender Lens Investing Resource Guide

Climate Finance

• Catalyzing Finance for Climate Action Resource Guide

• Catalyzing Private Finance for Climate Action: Case Study Analysis

• Catalyzing Private Finance for Climate Action: Learning Brief

• USAID INVEST Climate Finance Portfolio

• INVEST Close Up: Expanding Investment in Off-Grid Energy Access in Kenya

Global Health

• Mobilizing Finance for Health

• Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: Blended Finance Roadmap for Global Health

• Mobilizing Finance for Infectious Disease, Prevention, Detection, and Response: Case Study Analysis

• Mobilizing Finance for Infectious Disease Prevention, Detection, and Response: Learning Brief

Corporate Investment Partnerships

• Corporate Investment Partnerships for Growth and Sustainability Report

• Corporate Investment Partnerships for Growth and Sustainability: Executive Summary

• Corporate Investment Partnerships - Video

About INVEST

• INVEST Close Up: The INVEST Initiative and Partner Network

Read more about INVEST’s activities in Climate and Energy, Gender-Lens Investing, Institutional Investing, Global Health, and Food Security.