%0 Journal Article
%T A quantitative analysis of 10 multilateral development banks¡¯ investment in conventional and renewable power-generation technologies from 2006 to 2015
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%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0280-3
%X Multilateral development banks (MDBs) play a pivotal role in the financing of electricity-generation projects in developing countries, thus having a major impact on the emission pathways of these countries. While information about the MDBs¡¯ investments is publicly available, it is dispersed and hard to compare. A comprehensive compilation of all MDBs¡¯ power-generation investments over the years has been missing. To address this gap, here we assess power-generation financing by all ten relevant MDBs during 2006¨C2015, in different regions, and through different branches of the banks. The study assesses technology choices by compiling a bottom-up dataset drawing information from 841 projects and programmes. We find that MDBs financed a major portion of all power-generation growth in the developing world, with an increasing share of renewables. However, MDBs have ¡®greened¡¯ their portfolios to different extents, and the activities of their public- and private-sector branches differ substantially
%U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-018-0280-3