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AmericasMarch 1 2023

Cover story: Redefining development banks’ purpose in Latam

In Latin America alone, there is an estimated $650bn annual development financing gap to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Should development banks’ focus change to support increasingly high ambitions? Barbara Pianese reports.
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Cover story: Redefining development banks’ purpose in LatamShould MDBs act as major enablers of efforts to hit the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

Over the past few years, multilateral development banks (MDBs) have followed a ‘billions to trillions’ agenda. The idea is that billions of dollars in public funds can catalyse trillions in private investment for climate finance and the green transition. 

In Latin America and the Caribbean, the estimated gap between current levels of development financing and the amounts needed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals has been estimated at more than $650bn annually. 

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Barbara Pianese is the Latin America editor at The Banker. She joined from Mergermarket, where she spent four years covering mergers and acquisitions across Europe with a focus on the consumer sector. She holds an MA in International and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Bologna having studied in Brazil and France as well.
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