Garry Conille

$685 billion: what workers abroad sent home to low- and middle-income countries in 2024. More than foreign direct investment and official aid combined (World Bank).

The diaspora is already a leading financier of development. Financial products built for it are still rare.

Each concessional dollar in blended finance mobilised $5.33 last year, up from $4.14. Yet sub-Saharan Africa's volume fell 46%, to $4.6bn, and it lost its lead for the first time in a decade. The bottleneck isn't capital. It's country-led pipelines.
#FinancingForDevelopment #BlendedFinance #Africa

I trained as a doctor before I worked on policy. Medicine judges you by whether the patient gets better, not by the elegance of the diagnosis. Development deserves the same test.

I'll write here on how delivery happens in hard places. Views my own.

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@ODG_UNON and I joined the Government and people of Kenya in Wajir today to mark #MadarakaDay.
It is a moment to honour Kenya’s journey of self-governance and reflect on the shared work of building peace, opportunity and dignity for all.

A pleasure to be received today by H.E. Amb. Njambi Kinyungu, Dep. DG, Multilateral Affairs, @ForeignOfficeKE. A rich and forward-looking exchange on the depth of the UN–Kenya partnership and our shared agenda for the period ahead.