The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
What readiness means in development Finance Nexus: the evidence, governance and documentation a programme needs before a competent institution can review it independently.
Development finance · Resilience and finance…
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| Project pipeline | Country readiness dossier | Scoping | At risk |
| SME credit line | Climate risk screening | Build | On track |
| Infrastructure project 4 | Adaptation project… | Build | On track |
| Safeguards unit | SME credit line design | Scoping | Blocked |
Development Finance Nexus · Programme portfolioProgramme portfolio, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
Readiness in Development Finance Nexus is the state in which a programme's evidence, governance and documentation let a competent institution review it independently, against frameworks such as Environmental and Social Framework and Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability. A readiness file is released only at the owner's written direction, and GRA does not approve, rate, underwrite, lend or invest.
Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.
Where development projects meet hazard and poverty, and which financing layer protects them. Hypothetical projects and design values.
A readiness file describes a programme's evidence, risks and governance so that an institution can carry out its own review. GRA does not approve, rate, underwrite, lend or invest, and it recommends no counterparty.
| Stage | Lender's own work | What prepared evidence helps with |
|---|---|---|
| Identification | Country strategy fit and pipeline screening | Hazard and poverty overlay for the proposed site and service area |
| Preparation | Feasibility, safeguards categorisation | Climate risk screening, safeguard triggers mapped by location |
| Appraisal | Economic analysis, financial structure, risk rating | Scenario evidence on hazard over the design life and the cost of resilience options |
| Approval and implementation | Board decision, supervision | Indicators and data sources for monitoring |
Multilateral development banks assess operations for alignment with the Paris Agreement under a joint methodology, and count adaptation and mitigation finance under joint tracking rules. Adaptation finance counting depends on showing the climate vulnerability context and how the project addresses it, which is a spatial question first. Climate adaptation depth at climate adaptation finance; policy at GRF development capital policy.
A file is released only at the programme owner's written direction, to a party the owner chooses, with no fee tied to any transaction.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Readiness file | A document set describing a programme's evidence, risks, governance and data so that a competent institution can carry out its own independent review; it is not an approval, rating or offer of finance. |
| Due diligence | The independent investigation a lender or investor carries out before committing finance. |
| Environmental and social safeguards | Requirements lenders set so financed projects avoid, minimise and offset harm to people and the environment. |
| Blended finance | The strategic use of development finance to mobilise additional commercial finance, in the OECD DAC definition. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.