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OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers

OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers cover work on understanding aid flows, strengthening aid delivery and improving development policy. Topics include, among others, aid statistics and architecture, aid effectiveness, capacity development, development co-operation systems and management, evaluation of development programmes, as well as the relationship between development and trade, conflict and fragility, environment, gender equality, governance and poverty reduction.

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Blended Finance Funds and Facilities

2018 Survey Results

The OECD Survey on Blended Finance Funds and Facilities represents a major step forward to consolidate evidence and provide further policy guidance in support of the OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles, whose focus is unlocking commercial finance for the Sustainable Development Goals.

This working paper presents findings from the 2018 survey edition relating to the management, capital structure, investment strategy and portfolio allocation of the surveyed blended finance funds and facilities. The quantitative analysis is complemented by the OECD statistics on private finance mobilised by official development interventions and by information provided by Convergence. It will be followed by another OECD Development Co-operation working paper discussing the development strategy, performance tracking and evaluation approach.

The 180 responses received illustrate to what extent blended finance funds and facilities vary widely in characteristics and functioning. Collectively, the managing organisations reported over USD 60.2 billion invested in 111 developing countries at the end of 2017. This new evidence confirms trends observed on the broader blended finance market (priority sectors, geographical coverage, targeted SDGs), while shedding light on additional aspects (e.g. investors, clients and investment instruments).

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Keywords: development, development co-operation, blended finance, development finance, investment
JEL: F35: International Economics / International Finance / Foreign Aid; O16: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Development / Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance; F68: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Policy; E44: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Money and Interest Rates / Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; F65: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Finance; F63: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development; O2: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Development Planning and Policy; B27: History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches / History of Economic Thought since 1925 / History of Economic Thought since 1925: International Trade and Finance; F4: International Economics / Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance; F3: International Economics / International Finance; O19: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Development / International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
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