• Investment co-financing: using the grant from the NIF to finance part of the project’s total cost; this reduces the project’s financial burden and improves its bankability. • Technical assistance: recruiting experts or consultancy firms to support the project preparation and its implementation. • Risk capital operations: specifically aimed at the development of the local private sector these operations can take several forms, such as co-investments with local intermediaries, investment in micro-finance institutions taking stakes in private equity funds, guarantees.