DFI Working Group on Blended Concessional Finance for Private Sector Projects: Joint Report, October 2018 Update

Abstract

Blended concessional finance for private sector projects is one of the significant tools that Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions (collectively,” DFIs”) can use, in cooperation with donors and other development partners, to implement the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, increase finance for important private sector activities, help address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and mobilize private capital. Since the agreement on a new sustainable development agenda in Addis Ababa in 2015, there has been a substantial growth in international attention to the role of blended concessional finance to promote private sector participation in developing countries. Blended concessional finance is one of the important tools that can help close the large investment gap that has been identified for reaching the SDGs.