Understanding mainstreaming as a finance solution: Survey results from 22 BIOFIN countries

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Understanding mainstreaming as a finance solution: Survey results from 22 BIOFIN countries

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In May 2020 BIOFIN organized an exchange meeting between countries to better understand what are the most important financing solutions that straddle across the agendas of both mainstreaming and financing. The following is a summary of the discussions and a related survey:

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