Development finance institution

Not to be confused with Islamic Republic Development Bank.

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Development financial institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development projects on a non-commercial basis.

DFIs are often established and owned by governments or nonprofit organizations to finance projects that would otherwise not be able to get financing from commercial lenders.

They are often structured as a company that provides loans for projects that a government or nonprofit wants to encourage for non commercial reasons. They can be at a local, national or international level. DFIs include multilateral development banks, national development banks, bilateral development banks, microfinance institutions, community development financial institution and revolving loan funds.^[1]

Mandate

DFIs can play a crucial role in financing private and public sector investments in developing countries, in the form of higher risk loans, equity positions, and guarantees.^[2]

DFIs often provide finance to the private sector for investments that promote development and to help companies to invest, especially in countries with various restrictions on the market.^[2]

Climate financing

As of November 2020^[update], development banks and private finance had not reached the US$100 billion per year investment of climate financing stipulated in the UN climate negotiations for 2020.^[3] However, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic's economic downturn, 450 development banks pledged to fund a "Green recovery" in developing countries.^[3]

Typology

Development banks include:

• Community development banks which fund low-income areas in the United States
• Land development banks which provide financing to develop agriculture in India
• National development banks are government-owned financial institution that provides financing for economic development.
• International financial institutions conducting development-oriented finance on a bilateral or multilateral basis
• Multilateral development bank are development banks set up by a group of countries and often operate under international laws.

See also

• International Financial Institution
• Economic development
• Development aid
• Village banking

References

1. Andrea Levere, Bill Schweke, and Beadsie Woo, Development Finance and Regional Economic Development, Washington, DC: CFED, July 2006
2. Dirk Willem te Velde and Michael Warner (2007) Use of subsidies by Development Finance Institutions in the infrastructure sector Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Overseas Development Institute
3. "Banks around world in joint pledge on 'green recovery' after Covid". the Guardian. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

External links

• World Federation of Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI)