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 82 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

INVEST Learning Resource Guide

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About Blended Finance

• Blended Finance Starter Kit

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

• Transaction Advisory Services 101: Resource Guide

• Mobilizing Investment for Development with Transaction Advisory Services: Learning Brief

• Catalytic Funding 101: Resource Guide

• Mobilizing Investment for Development with Catalytic Funding: Learning Brief

• USAID INVEST: Performance Incentives for Capital Mobilization

Women’s Economic Empowerment

• Gender Lens Investing: Resource Guide
• INVEST Close Up: Catalyzing Private Investment for Women's Economic Empowerment

Climate Finance

• Catalyzing Finance for Climate Action: Resource Guide

• Catalyzing Private Finance for Climate Action: Learning Brief

• Catalyzing Private Finance for Climate Action: Case Study Analysis

• USAID INVEST Climate Finance Portfolio

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

• Guide for Conducting Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) Needs Assessment

Global Health

• Mobilizing Finance for Health: Resource Guide

• 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

Institutional Investment

• Accelerating Institutional Investing for Development Impact at Scale: Learning Brief
• Mobilizing Institutional Investment for Impact at Scale: Resource Guide
• Scaling Private Investment to Close the Development Financing Gap: Case Studies

Corporate Investment Partnerships

• Corporate Investment Partnerships for Growth and Sustainability Report

• Corporate Investment Partnerships for Growth and Sustainability: Executive Summary

• Corporate Investment Partnerships - Video

Network Approach

• A Network Approach to Private Sector Engagement: The USAID Finance and Investment Network: Learning Brief

• A Network Approach to Engaging the Private Sector: Resource Guide

• INVEST Close Up: The INVEST Initiative and Partner Network