As the need to have private resources finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) arose, the OECD has established an international standard for measuring the volume of private finance mobilised by development finance interventions.

The OECD methodology to measure and collect such data was developed in consultation with multilateral and bilateral development finance institutions, as well as in collaboration with the OECD-led Research Collaborative on Tracking Finance for Climate Action.

Data are collected following instrument-specific methodologies, covering all leveraging mechanisms used by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): guarantees, syndicated loans, project finance schemes, shares in collective investment vehicles, direct investment in companies, credit lines and simple co-financing. Work is on-going to capture the mobilisation effect of some technical assistance activities.

Our 2023 report on mobilised private finance presents qualitative insights on both bilateral and multilateral development co-operation providers’ portfolios, and how they use leveraging mechanisms, as well as on incentives and obstacles they encounter to scale up private finance for sustainable development and climate action.