This report provides an overview of developments, challenges and opportunities in the new sustainability linked bond market, with a spotlight on public sector issuances in the wake of the first two sovereigns entering this space in 2022. Building on...

This report provides an overview of the main trends of annual development finance with biodiversity-related objectives for the period 2015 to 2021, from a range of sources: bilateral Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members and non-DAC members,...

This paper examines how the loss of biodiversity – and of the ecosystem services it provides – affects the various dimensions of fragility, amplifying existing risks and diminishing coping capacity in fragile contexts. It calls on all stakeholders in...

Climate-related development finance to fragile contexts has increased from both members of the Development Assistance Committee and multilateral providers. However, fragile contexts – and extremely fragile contexts in particular – remain under-served...

This report explores the ways donors can best support sustainable and effective climate-related capacity development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in terms (1) access to climate finance; (2) climate data and services; (3) working with...

The report analyses the extent and quality of official development assistance (ODA) and other official flows (OOF) for refugee situations in low- and middle-income countries in 2020-2021, towards the burden- and responsibility-sharing rationale of...

This paper presents a preliminary overview of OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members’ policy frameworks and financing efforts to address the challenges at the intersection of climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss...

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the use of development spending to sustain peace – conceptualised by the United Nations in 2016 as a holistic approach towards preventing the outbreak, escalation, continuation, and recurrence of conflict....

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are critical in supporting sustainable development. To date, there has been a limited level of analysis focused on their funding models. Key messages from this paper: 1) DFI funding models have material...

This paper looks at the contribution of two different initiatives in the fight against corruption in oil-rich developing countries, analysing these in turn and reflecting on ways of enhancing their efficacy and maximising synergies. The role of...

The scale of illicit financial flows (IFFs) originating from extractive economies across the Global South has grown dramatically over the last four decades. Focusing on the oil sector, and the unique challenges of addressing and regulating the oil...

This paper starts from the recognition that despite the importance of the commodity trading sector for domestic resource mobilisation in many developing countries, engagement by OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members with the commodity...

This paper takes stock of the contributions of private philanthropic foundations to sustainable development in developing countries since 2010, as tracked in OECD statistics on development finance. It examines their activities against other major...

This report provides an overview of the engagement of development co-operation providers in support of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market in developing countries. Based on extensive consultations with stakeholders as well as data...

A rapidly changing world requires development co-operation providers to continuously adjust their institutional arrangements, policies, systems and processes. Yet, until today, existing tools for public policy reform had not been adapted for the...

This report takes stock of progress made by development co-operation providers – both bilateral and multilateral – to mobilise private finance in support of sustainable development. It also highlights the contribution of mobilised private finance to...

A companion to the OECD States of Fragility 2022 report, this paper analyses the drivers and effects of climate and environmental risks in the Sahel, focusing on increasing food insecurity, rapid urbanisation and intensified mining. It outlines...

Donors’ efforts to mobilise private finance through development finance institutions for the Sustainable Development Goals are off track. To deliver on their commitments, they must introduce systemic reforms that put sustainable development impact at...

This paper assesses what it would take for the OECD-UNDP Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development to be actively implemented by 2030. It draws from interviews conducted between November 2021 and March 2022 with representatives of donor...

This report presents new data on, and a comprehensive, cross-sectoral analysis of Cabo Verde's ocean economy. It examines economic and sustainability trends, assesses the country’s ocean governance architecture, and explores policies and financing...