Brigit Helms

Brigit Helms

DAI’s Brigit Helms has nearly 30 years of experience pioneering innovative approaches to financial inclusion and seeking enterprise- and market-based solutions to poverty. She has lived and worked in more than 35 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Latest Articles

Opinion: A fresh take on the global health financing gap

Opinion: A fresh take on the global health financing gap

over 6 years ago // Global health

Private money is flowing into the health sector — but it’s perhaps not happening in the way that the global health community might assume.

Opinion: Here's how to build a competitive US Development Finance Corporation

Opinion: Here's how to build a competitive US Development Finance Corporation

over 7 years ago // The future of us aid

The United States has an opportunity to position itself as a champion of development finance — and unlock the trillions needed to achieve our development goals.

Opinion: Four things to get right about US blended finance

Opinion: Four things to get right about US blended finance

almost 8 years ago // Innovative finance

A new United States development finance institution and the pivot toward “blended finance” rest on the belief that the US should have a range of modern tools available to support private sector-led economic growth and development — especially given China’s ballooning investment in developing markets.

Opinion: Can blended finance close the generational gap of aid workers?

Opinion: Can blended finance close the generational gap of aid workers?

about 8 years ago // Development finance

This year's SOCAP and World Bank annual meetings highlighted the different approaches millennials and baby boomers are taking to international development. Could blended finance be the common ground?