Annual private capital mobilisation by multilateral development banks needs to quadruple to $240 bn by 2030: N K Singh
Annual private capital mobilisation by multilateral development banks needs to quadruple to $240 billion by 2030, co-chair of the Independent Expert Group of MDB reforms set up under India’s G20 presidency N K Singh said, while cautioning against a piecemeal approach to reform of these institutions.
Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum at a session on “Achievements since the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact”, moderated by French President Emmanuel Macron, Singh asserted that MDBs required a tectonic makeover.
“The next 12 months are crucial to translate the current fervour into changes in process, procedures, and hopefully changes for better outcomes…. I worry about a piecemeal approach to reforms, and institutions acting in silos,” Singh said, adding that a change is needed in the management culture on many fronts.
The first volume, submitted to the G20 in July at Gandhinagar, had recommended enhancing their sustainable level of own-account non-concessional finance to $300 billion annually.
The second volume handed before the Marrakech G20 ministerial has suggested introducing new instruments – pooled portfolio guarantees and hybrid capital — and inclusion of new investors into the MDB capital stack, as part of steps to diversify the sources of capital.
