Deep dive into World Bank’s latest Outcome Bond funding Amazon reforestation

In our latest episode of Bond Beats, Elaine Keats, Sirae Chen and Erin McKeown welcome Shirmila Ramasamy (the World Bank’s Senior Counsel and Team Lead of Innovative Finance) to explore the World Bank's latest outcome bond: a first-of-its-kind carbon removal bond to fund Amazon reforestation. The discussion covers the Amazon bond’s structure, how outcome bonds have evolved over time and the World Bank's ambitions for future outcome bonds supporting sustainable development.

This episode of Bond Beats is part of a wider podcast series discussing the hottest topics in debt capital markets right now. These podcasts will provide insights into key developments and challenges as well as picking up the key trends we see in the market. Listen to the full series here.