Financing Forest-Related Enterprises: Learning from the Forest Investment Program and Other Initiatives
20 August 2020 | By: Ghana | DownloadThe objective of this study is to learn lessons from the experience of the Forest Investment Program (FIP) and other initiatives in supporting investment in forest-related enterprises. The study identifies key barriers and risks that impact leveraging private finance and examines how to overcome these challenges to increase the viability and scale of private-sector investments, with an emphasis on small and medium-scale enterprises.
Evaluation and Learning Partnership on financing forest-related enterprises
20 August 2020 | By: Ghana | DownloadThe Forest Investment Program (FIP), launched in 2009, is one of four programmes financed by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). It was set up to provide and leverage additional funding to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The private sector has an important role to play in this regard. The FIP design therefore focuses on how replicable business models can achieve transformational change leading to poverty reduction, sustainable forest management, and low carbon development