How We Work: Three Pillars
Learning and Knowledge Management
- Conducting research on PDBs.
- Organising webinars and working groups to share best practices, success stories, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Generating actionable knowledge on proven and effective models.
- Connecting PDBs with experts across thematic areas for practical exchange and technical dialogue.
Capacity building and innovation
- Assisting PDBs in designing and implementing tools and products that address their specific challenges.
- Facilitating peer-to-peer technical advisory between member banks.
- Organising hands-on training in partnership with external experts.
- Promoting innovative tools through technical sessions and supporting PDBs as they pilot new instruments.
- Coordinating monitoring and coaching support for PDB staff.
Advocacy and awareness raising
- Producing and disseminating knowledge products — awareness papers, policy briefs, concept notes, and more.
- Participating in and co-organising sessions at global events such as FiCS and FfD4 to amplify the work of PDBs.
- Sharing regular updates through our website, newsletter, and social channels.
- Fostering partnerships between PDBs and across networks to scale replicable, actionable practices.
What We Focus On:
Current and recent thematic areas include:
- Agroecology — assessing PDB commitment, integrating agroecology into operations, and bridging farmers’ perspectives with PDB financing pathways
- Climate & Environment — financing climate adaptation, nature-positive agriculture, and carbon markets, land restoration
- Rural Financial Inclusion — extending services to remote communities and the role of agricultural insurance
- Nutrition — exploring how PDBs can integrate nutrition-sensitive investments
- Financial Instruments — Green bonds, KPIs, insurance, guarantees, blended finance
