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Belgian Research Group on Financing for Development (BeFinD).

Belgian policy research group on Financing for Development (BeFinD) is a consortium of three research centers at Belgian universities with the objective of covering the policy and research questions that are the most relevant to Financing for Development in the framework of the Academic Research Group for Policy Support (ACROPOLIS). ACROPOLIS aims to support the decision-making of the Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGD) by evidence-based research. BeFinD (2017-2018) research is structured around two main topics and 5 work packages: 1: Domestic resource mobilization WP 1: Towards effective intervention models for supporting local taxation programs in weak institutional contexts. WP 2: Contributory social protection schemes for informal workers as alternative mechanisms of domestic resource mobilization. 2: Implications of the private sector through innovative financing and private sector development A: Innovative Financing WP 3: Development Impact Bonds WP 4: Blending B: Private Sector Financing WP 5: A randomized evaluation on a Belgian development program: the case of BTC agricultural support in Benin.
Date:1 May 2017 →  31 Oct 2018
Keywords:DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Disciplines:Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth
Project type:Collaboration project