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European governments urged to strengthen Development Finance Institutions (DFI)

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In the face of the Covid-19 crisis, 20 high-ranking European personalities from academia, international organisations, governments and politics, including former Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Amman, are appealing to European governments to not forget the private sector in their responses to the global pandemic.

European governments urged to strengthen Development Finance Institutions (DFI)

In the face of the Covid-19 crisis, 20 high-ranking European personalities from academia, international organisations, governments and politics, including former Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Amman, are appealing to European governments to not forget the private sector in their responses to the global pandemic.
This includes job-support and actions to save existing businesses from immediately closing. Governments, as the owners of Development Finance Institutes (DFIs), therefore, need to take urgent steps to reinforce DFIs’ response capacities.

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