mobilization effects of multilateral lending on the size of bank inflows. The number of lenders and the average maturity of …, indicating that MDBs can mobilize about seven dollars in bank credit over a three-year period for each dollar invested …

The paper considers the experience of the European Investment Bank and addresses policy lessons for developing … traditional role of a development bank in closing market gaps in long-term, low-cost and stable infrastructure lending and in … proposes that an optimal structure is a regionally owned development bank, as this would allow critical advantages of regional …