Aligning Development Finance with Nature’s Needs: The role of government shareholders of development banks
Public Development Bank (PDB) encompasses a range of institutions with government shareholding, including multilateral, bilateral, national, and sub-national development banks. These banks have public policy-oriented mandates (as opposed to commercial mandates), and deploy financial instruments such as loans, equity, or guarantees (as distinguished from grant-making agencies). They exist to enable sustainable economic development, but some of their investments also put nature at risk.