Reaching the objective of universal access to modern energy services will require large investments in infrastructure in developing countries. An important part of funding will be provided in the form of development finance and its effectiveness in producing positive impacts is crucial for this...

Development finance institutions and international financial institutions are increasingly being asked to deliver 'marketlevel impact' through their operations. This paper explores how these institutions consider market effects in their impact assessment systems. We present the two dominant...

Theoretical preconditions for development finance evaluation -- Public sources of development finance -- Private sources of development finance -- Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Finance -- Evaluating the impact of development finance.

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impacts of the creation, accumulation, and use of counterpart funds. It draws attention to the importance of including counterpart funds in the design of macroeconomic policies to ensure their consistency. It shows that the creation or accumulation of...

The study investigates the financing development expenditures through development aid and its impact on economic growth in Pakistan using time series data for the time period 1980-2012. Ordinary least square (OLS) has been applied for the estimation of model and instrumental variables are...

We assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the financing capacity of the four major multilateral development banks (MDBs) specialized in sovereign lending (IBRD, ADB, IADB, AfDB), based on available capital buffers and while maintaining triple-A ratings. The capacity of MDBs to expand...