Leveraging Innovative Financing in Nigeria for Women in Crisis

About this project

UNDP has already begun work to scale up public and private finance for sustainable development in Nigeria. This includes support for Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF): Financing Strategy and the development of an SDG Investor Map. However, much of the financing work already taking place in Nigeria is focused on areas often considered less risky. There is a need to scale financing innovations to areas of the country where ongoing conflict and vulnerability to climate shocks put people, particularly women and girls, at risk.This project will support the pilot testing of innovative financing, instruments, tools and approaches in Nigeria, which can then be scaled in other contexts. This work will take forward an upcoming UNDP policy paper offering analysis and recommendations on fragility and crisis-sensitive innovative financing instruments. The aim is to pilot one new financing instrument in Nigeria. Building on the priorities set out in the UNDP-supported INFF and Financing Strategy for Nigeria, this could include exploration of an orange bond to support womens economic empowerment, focused on women affected by crisis, including the climate crisis. The Government of Nigeria has also requested support to explore innovative solutions to harness remittances for resilience, including through the issuance of a sovereign diaspora bond. Innovative instruments beyond bonds may be explored, pending the findings of the above-mentioned policy paper and evolving co…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Nigeria

Sectors

Business policy and administration

Funded by

UNDP Funding Windows, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Implemented by

UNDP

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01004189.

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