Thought Leadership

This report builds on our vast experience in advising companies on a wide range of ESG topics including ESG strategy.

Challenge funds have been effective in sectors closely tied to poor communities, such as agribusiness and financial services, as well as through private provision of social services including health and education.

This report summarizes the views of the analysts and media on the potential impact of the Trump presidency on various sectors and key markets globally.

The past few years have seen a proliferation of international climate finance schemes to help communities cope with the threat of climate change while also combating its root causes, but this landscape is problematic.

In a continent of 1 billion people, 700 million people remain without access to power.

KPMG’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Survey, polled more than 35 respondents from organizations responsible for over US$100 billion of global development expenditure.

This paper gives an overview of the energy access landscape in Africa detailing the various financing models for the sector.

Through management of various funds across Africa, KPMG’s International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) has allocated capital to over 200 businesses working on projects that have a social impact.

KPMG IDAS currently oversees two multi-donor financial inclusion programmes in Africa that follow the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P)

The Paris Declaration: Concepts, Principles, the Phase 2 Evaluation and tensions between donor and partner countries.

As the fight against global epidemics such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis steps up, both donors and implementers have begun to think more about how to effectively manage the risks...

How can effective accountability mechanisms be developed in fragile state environments?

In this brief we aim to summarise some of the typical development challenges faced by a countries in a post conflict situations...

In this paper we explore the benefits of Outcome Mapping, an alternative planning and results evaluation system for complex development interventions.

In spite of heavy investments in public service delivery, the citizens’ expectation gap continues to widen. 

As donors move toward more constructive engagement in post-conflict states...

This document tells the story of IDAS in Africa. More specifically, it highlights the impact that we have achieved in delivering and managing innovative development programmes and projects across the continent.

We prioritize learning and share insights to inform not just ourselves but others working towards the same goals.