Samantha is Development Effectiveness Officer at IDB Invest. She is part of a team that works on the Development Effectiveness Framework for its alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Samantha has an MA in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and a BA in Data, Economics and Development Policy. Before joining IDB Invest, she worked researching reproductive health in Latin America and the Middle East.
Addressing climate change in the region calls for financial institutions to step up their role in channeling capital towards green investments, including the green transition. It also calls for boosting impact measurement and reporting capacity to avoid green washing.
Aligning to the SDGs does not have to mean colossal change. Firms must recognize that the SDGs provide a framework for communicating progress in a globally-recognized language.