GRA · Development Finance Nexus
Spatial financeWhere capital meets hazard, exposure and transition
STEM foundation of Development Finance Nexus
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Development Finance Nexus rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
Five pages under STEM foundation of Development Finance Nexus.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Economics and development economicsEconomic appraisal of a project · Debt sustainability context · Tariff and subsidy incidenceSteward · Economic DevelopmentApplied here
- 02Causal inference and impact evaluationEvaluating a credit line or guarantee · Infrastructure impact on householdsSteward · Economic DevelopmentApplied here
- 03Geospatial information systemsSafeguard screening of a project footprint · Physical climate exposure of assetsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 04Decision analysis under uncertaintyRobust choice of design standard · Multi-criteria pipeline screeningSteward · Systemic Risk ManagementApplied here
- 05Agricultural, soil and food scienceIrrigation scheme appraisal · Index insurance and credit designSteward · Food NexusApplied here
The STEM methods Development Finance Nexus applies, and why.
- Economic appraisal of projectsRole in Development Finance NexusEconomics and development economics give development finance its appraisal tools: cost-benefit analysis of projects, debt sustainability of sovereigns, incidence of tariffs and subsidies, and the macroeconomic channels through which shocks reach project revenues and public budgets.
- Impact evaluationRole in Development Finance NexusCausal inference and impact evaluation test whether development finance changed outcomes, and by how much, compared with what would otherwise have happened.
- Geospatial screening of projectsRole in Development Finance NexusGeospatial methods place projects, hazards, people and habitats on a common map.
- Robust project design decisionsRole in Development Finance NexusDecision analysis under uncertainty structures choices that development finance institutions face when outcomes are uncertain and objectives conflict: which projects to prepare, how to allocate risk, when to act and when to keep options open.
- Agricultural investmentRole in Development Finance NexusAgricultural, soil and food science inform development finance for farming, irrigation, agribusiness and food security.
Each Development Finance Nexus method is described once in the STEM Commons at GCRI and applied here to project siting, safeguards and the financing layers that protect development investment.
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