Sustainability and infrastructure investment: national development banks in Africa

This repository item contains a working paper from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. It was founded in 2008 to advance policy-relevant knowledge about governance for financial stability, human development, and the environment.The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the activities of NDBs in Africa, and present two case studies of South African NDBs—Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)—that may provide lessons for other NDBs in Africa and beyond. Where data permit, the paper considers general characteristics of the NDBs as well as specific information regarding investment in sustainable infrastructure