Mar 4, 2026

Fadi Bou Ali: Green and Blue Bonds Between Promise and Hard Reality

Fadi Bou Ali

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Mar 4, 2026

Season 3

Episode 14

Fadi Bou Ali: Green and Blue Bonds Between Promise and Hard Reality

In this episode of Development Aid Dialogues, podcast host Hisham Allam interviewed Fadi Bou Ali, a sustainable finance specialist working at the intersection of capital markets and climate solutions, for an in-depth look at how green and blue bonds are reshaping climate finance. Fadi, an expert within ABAAD - Resource Centre for Gender Equality, explains that green bonds and regular loans are “identical twins with different jobs.”...

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Guest

Fadi Bou Ali

Sustainable finance specialist, ABAAD

A highly experienced (23+ years) socioeconomic development professional with over a decade in programme leadership and management roles.

Host

Hisham Allam

DevelopmenAid Dialogues host

Hisham Allam is a DevelopmentAid journalist and podcast host, renowned for award-winning investigative work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the Panama Papers.

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Fadi Bou Ali: Green and Blue Bonds Between Promise and Hard Reality

Fadi Bou Ali: Green and Blue Bonds Between Promise and Hard Reality

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DevAid Dialogues

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