Through careful risk-management analysis in data poor settings, over time we have identified scalable solutions that can help to make frontier financial markets more inclusive and sustainable with the purpose to unlock lasting economic value.
Local currency financing
Risk-management tools
Leverage development institutions network
Additionality
Business-to-business proposition
Our five pillar formula
Capital mobilisation
Risk mitigation
Technical Assistance
Systems support
Knowledge sharing
Operational in 60+ countries
The scale and density of our network and the strength of our partner relationships in every financial market means we can be faster and more responsive to the needs of our clients.


Theory of Change
The ToC explains how CD’s innovation work contributes to the ‘pathways of change’ that lead to the intended impacts within our target financial markets. The ToC refers to the CD’s current activities as well as future possible developments.
The ODI has produced a literature review to establish a stylised description of ‘typical’ underdeveloped financial systems and their gaps and deficits in supporting inclusive and stable economic growth and how CD’s interventions will contribute to tackling these gaps and deficits (market failures).
Read our Theory of change here