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Evaluating CDC’s Financial Institutions Portfolio

Commissioned evaluation
Authors
Genesis Analytics and IPE Global
Publisher
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Commissioning context
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

What it examines

Combines an evidence review and portfolio-wide analysis of CDC’s investments in financial institutions. It identifies lessons on underserved customers, SME finance and investment instruments while documenting limitations in evidence about final beneficiaries.

Why it matters

Examines the development results behind a major component of the UK’s investment in BII, under its former CDC name.

GOV.UK publication date; the underlying report is dated December 2020.

Institutions and themes

British International InvestmentImpact and value for money

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Catalogue entry reviewed 17 September 2026. The summary describes the publication’s analysis; it does not establish that historical findings remain current.