DT 2 / 2026

Interview

At the frontier of development finance

The Dane Kirstine Damkjær has taken up the position as Chief Investment Officer at Amsterdam-based ILX, which aims to mobilise pension funds to co-invest with development banks like the World Bank and development finance institutions (DFIs). In an interview with Development Today Damkjær and her colleague Sophie Gioanni, explore this frontier of development finance and ILX’s involvement in establishing a new asset class.

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