Year: 2021
Type: report
Abstract: Long-term development finance provided by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) is key to advancing the United Nations 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. However, MDBs are constrained in their lending by the availability of capital. This paper argues that Risk Transfer, as a complement to equity injections, could permit higher MDB lending by attracting a broader class of investors. We describe selected examples of actual Risk Transfer transactions and provide estimates of the potential expansion in lending these techniques could yield. But we also identify obstacles that limit investors willingness and ability to participate in these transactions. Therefore, we recommend an agenda for international policymakers to open the way for the wider use of Risk Transfer. Still, we recognize this will be a gradual process which cannot substitute for MDB expansion through additional ordinary capital resources.
DOI: 10.18235/0003751
Institution: Inter-American Development Bank
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: Inter-American Development Bank
OpenAlex ID: W3211704331