The Role of Business in Peacemaking

This paper, examining lessons from Cyprus, Northern Ireland, South Africa and the South Caucasus, focuses on different peacemaking approaches and specific activities that the business community undertook in each context. It considers what drove business to act and assesses what worked well and where lessons can be learnt for policymakers using economics in peacemaking, part of Portland’s […]

Loan Guarantees

bank of palestine

Portland’s work saw a Palestinian Loan Guarantee Facility launched with $230m, providing loans from $10,000 to $500…

Rawabi

Rawabi

Rawabi is the first planned city for Palestinians and the largest private sector undertaking in Palestinian history…

Social Finance Israel

Portland, incubated Social Finance Israel to act as the country’s first social-financial intermediary. It now issues innovative…

Bridges Israel

Portland incubated Bridges Israel, a social venture fund which invests in for-profit, mission-driven businesses in the country’s…

Fursa

Fursa aims to provide a scalable solution for quality employment of talented young Arab-Israelis, who have graduated…

Pensions

Portland has a long history trying to craft a roadmap for a viable funded pensions system in Palestine. The potential to foster economic growth and prosperity, with important welfare implications and the potential to spur aggregate demand and employment is immense, as is the opportunity for regional development through long-term investable capital. The initiative is […]