MDB Contingent Capital Facility
Expanding lending capacity and increasing resilience
September 2025
A project in partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank, Cantium Limited, Ardhill Advisory Limited, and Linklaters to develop an innovative capital solution to expand lending capacity and increase resilience.
Maximising the developmental value of MDB callable capital
April 2024
A report to improve the understanding of callable capital and inform policy decisions by key stakeholders related to the second recommendation of the G20 Independent Panel on Multilateral Development Banks' Capital Adequacy Frameworks report.
Competitive conditions in development finance
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.
January 2023
Author: McHugh, Christopher A.
This article examines the structure of development finance using econometric techniques to demonstrate the structure of market demand.
'Mobilising Private Funding', in Climate Change: Managing the Financial Risk and Funding the Transition and Adaption
Risk Books.
August 2022
Author: McHugh, Christopher A.
The chapter featuring in this book explains the ways in which private sector capital is being mobilised. It considers some of the impediments to creating sustainable finance markets by comparing emissions reduction (SDG13) to food loss and waste (SDG12).
'Mobilising Private Funding of Development Finance'
The Journal of Development Studies.
December 2021
Author: McHugh, Christopher A.
The first review of development finance to be organised around the theme of capital mobilisation by bringing together diverse research topics.
Mobilisation of Private Capital in Relation to UN Sustainable Development Goals: Bank Interaction with Development Finance Institutions
International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers.
September 2021
Author: McHugh, Christopher A.
Research focused on how private sector banks choose to align their operations with the SDGs, the risk & reward of lending to development projects, and the nature of the relationship that banks have with development finance institutions.