Unlocking a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Paradigm Shift for Global Development

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlocking-multi-trillion-dollar-paradigm-shift-global-development-s3cyc/?trackingId=SlsfoJ8vReetMMgLXaEDzg%3D%3D Over the next 10 to 15 years, 1.2 billion young people in developing countries will reach working age, and creating the jobs they need for income and stability will become a powerful engine for global growth. However, creating those jobs requires trillions of dollars of investment in everything from energy and infrastructure projects to health care, tourism, and manufacturing businesses, which governments and many domestic capital markets are not equipped to provide. Banks and institutional investors manage roughly $280 trillion, while developing economies receive only a small share of global investment, largely due to the perceived risks and lack of a standardized asset class that institutional investors feel comfortable investing in.