Project Overview

MGF worked with BHA personnel to strengthen their understanding of blended finance and its potential to support humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction, and resilience programming. MGF developed a primer for blended finance in the humanitarian context, and analyzed global blended finance structures and their applicability to humanitarian settings with a focus on financing approaches that could strengthen preparedness, resilience, and access to capital before and after shocks.

The work covered instruments including parametric insurance, guarantees, concessional and blended lending, first-loss capital, results-based financing, and resilience infrastructure financing. MGF translated this analysis into practical tools and recommendations designed for humanitarian practitioners.

Our Work

• Market & Instrument Analysis. Assessed blended finance instruments and their potential application across humanitarian assistance, climate resilience, food security, livelihoods, and disaster preparedness.
• Global Project Database. Developed a sortable database of blended finance projects, documenting financial structures, partners, target populations, resilience objectives, and lessons for humanitarian application.
• Capacity Building. Developed and facilitated practical guidance, workshops, and presentations on blended finance, disaster risk financing, and private-sector engagement.