Teal Insights

Teal Insights is a research and advisory firm in international finance.

We pair deep domain expertise with three modern tools (software engineering, data science, and AI) to make sense of complex information and messy data. Clear communication, in writing and in data visualization, turns the resulting insights into action.

Practice

SovTech

Big problems demand better tools. Growing sovereign debt burdens drive budgets and capital flows, and the analytical infrastructure has not kept up. SovTech is the modern alternative. Its open-source ground floor, funded as a public good by philanthropic funders, gives the field a credible baseline so the conversations can move to a higher level. We build the tools and work with ministries of finance, international financial institutions, and other stakeholders. The mission: kill the analytical toil that buries smart teams in copy-paste, so they can spend their time on the analysis that matters, with the certainty these decisions demand.

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Practice

Research and Advisory

Bespoke decision-grade analysis for institutional clients in international finance, public-sector and private-sector. We bring our domain expertise and our SovTech tooling to engagements where the work needs to be right and resources are valuable.

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Selected work

  1. Consultation response · 2026

    Response to the IMF and World Bank review of the Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries

    The reforms propose new analytical ambition; our submission asks whether the framework can be run by the roughly 70 country teams who operate it.

  2. Working paper · 2025

    Greener on the Other Side: Mapping China's Overseas Co-Financing and Financial Innovation

    Co-financing modalities in Chinese overseas finance, with a focus on green transition investments in the Global South. With ODI Global.

  3. Report · 2023

    Solar Can't Scale in the Dark

    On transparency in the IFC's Scaling Solar program. Energy for Growth Hub.

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