Postgraduate Diploma in Development Finance

Gain the skills you need to lead in this fast-growing sector.
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PGDIP IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CURRICULUM

There are five compulsory courses that make up the Postgraduate Diploma in Development Finance

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Course 1: Trade Finance

The following topics will be covered during this course: 

  • Introduction to trade finance 
  • Working capital and cash from operations 
  • Financing and investing activities and decisions 
  • Funding strategies and trade finance products 
  • Review of critical international trade agreements 
  • Structured trade finance 
  • Syndication and specialised finance
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Course 2: Environment Finance and Sustainable Investments

The following topics will be covered during this course: 

  • The theoretical basis for impact investing 
  • Impact evaluation frameworks and how these can be integrated into traditional risk and return models 
  • Impact tools and tactics currently available to impact investors 
  • The role of funds, fund managers and other intermediaries and vehicles in impact investing 
  • Impact investment structures and models
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Course 3: Risk Management and Sustainability of Development Finance Institutions 

The following topics will be covered during this course: 

  • The fundamentals of risk management 
  • Risk of financial institutions: Overview, principles and framework in the context of emerging markets 
  • Risk factors in development financing 
  • Risk identification and measurement in DFIs 
  • Risk monitoring and controls in DFIs 
  • Sustainability models of development finance institutions
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Course 4: Public Private Partnership for Development Financing

The following topics will be covered during this course: 

  • The general properties of public-private partnerships in the development finance context 
  • PPP approaches and types, and their opportunities and challenges 
  • Economic and network opportunities of PPPs 
  • Economic challenges in PPPs in terms of the transaction costs and principal-agent relationships 
  • The opportunities and challenges of public-private cooperation in the planning, implementation and management of the PPP projects 
  • The opportunities and challenges of PPP procurement
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Course 5: Banking and Finance in Emerging Markets

The following topics will be covered during this course: 

  • Introduction to emerging markets banking and finance 
  • The economics/principles of banking, finance and insurance 
  • Regulations and risk management of financial institutions 
  • Empirical research in banking, finance and insurance in emerging economies 
  • Basel Accords and their impact on banking and financial services in emerging markets