British International Investment

How we learn

Learning about our impact is really important to us

We strive to ensure that evaluations are at the heart of how we make decisions and drive impact. Our evaluations inform our investment strategy and impact management approach, enable us to demonstrate our impact to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), and other scrutiny bodies, and provide evidence of the development impact of private investment to the wider development community.

We jointly manage our evaluations programme alongside FCDO. It is guided by a steering group of independent experts, and FCDO and BII representatives.

We always share what we learn to ensure it benefits as many people as possible. View our latest evaluations below and learn more about our approach in our 2026-31 evaluations programme. Visit the Insight section of our website to view research, guidance and much more.

 

Evaluations

What's the impact of our infrastructure portfolio?

What's the impact of our financial services portfolio?

What's the impact of our industries, technology and services portfolio?

What’s the impact of investing in early-stage fintechs on financial inclusion?

How DFI private capital mobilisation can support local capital market development in Africa

What learning means to us: An overview of how we evaluate our impact

How does BII drive change in internet service provision in Nepal? Insights from WorldLink

How does fibre broadband infrastructure impact standards of living? Insights from Liquid Intelligent Technologies in DRC

How does investing in ports drive economic transformation? Insights from DP World Berbera in Somaliland

How does cheaper renewable power impact business growth and the planet?

How can blended finance drive climate adaptation and resilience?

How can flexible debt support capital intensive e-mobility businesses?

Economic and climate impact of power investments across six African countries

How can MDBs and DFIs scale private capital mobilisation?

What can we learn about impact-linked finance?

How does access to green energy transform rural communities? Insights from Virunga Energies

FCDO-commissioned independent evaluation

What’s the impact of specialised lenders on MSMEs’ access to finance?

What’s the impact of trade finance MRPAs?

What’s the impact of investment in the Ethiopian telecoms market?

How do companies and funds with female owners and leaders support positive outcomes for women?

Understanding who we reach in India

Our impact in numbers

£1.75bn

committed to businesses

£708m

climate finance commitments

1,024,290

workers employed in our portfolio

47

terawatt hours of electricity generated and distributed by our investments

Key contacts

Kate Griffith

Director and Head of Evaluations

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