Synopsis

These documents explain the methodology WRI employed for its research and provide a listing of the projects considered in its working paper, Public Financing Instruments to Leverage Private Capital for Climate-Relevant Investment: Focus on Multilateral Agencies. The methodology may serve as a useful baseline reference for similar undertakings across entities. The project database further indicates the depth and breadth of climate-relevant investment data that is publicly available.

Executive Summary

These documents are drawn from WRI’s working paper, Public Financing Instruments to Leverage Private Capital for Climate-Relevant Investment: Focus on Multilateral Agencies.

This working paper is part of WRI’s Climate Finance series, which tackles a broad range of issues relevant to public donors, intermediaries, and recipients of climate finance. A subset of this series examines how public funds can leverage private sector investment in climate-relevant projects to help meet developing countries’ significant investment needs.