How to finance the SDGs
In their briefing paper, Chris Humphrey and Fritz Brugger discuss the basic model of multilateral development banks (MDBs), a powerful mechanism to channel resources to development goals.
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How do multilateral development banks (MDBs) work? Are they an effective instrument for financing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In their briefing paper, Chris Humphrey and Fritz Brugger present background information about MDBs as a contribution to the discussion of whether a capital increase for the World Bank and the African Development Bank makes sense from a development policy perspective.
Here you can read the paper in DownloadEnglish (PDF, 675 KB) and in DownloadGerman (PDF, 687 KB)