Abbreviations

AA Articles of Agreement AADFI Association of African Development Finance Institutions ADFIAP Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific ADFIMI Association of National Development Finance Institutions in Member Countries of the Islamic Development Bank AFAP Agência de Fomento do Amapá AFD Agence Française de Développement AfDB African Development Bank AsDB Asian Development Bank AGRI Rural and Agricultural Development AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ALIDE Association of Development Finance Institutions in Latin America ARTF Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund BDMG Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais BLADEX Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America BPI Banque Publique d’Investissement BRDE Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul BSTDB The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank CABEI Development Bank of Central America CAF Development Bank of Latin America CDB China Development Bank CDC Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti DAC The Development Assistance Committee DEG Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH DFC Development Finance Company DFI Development Financing Institution EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EDFI European Development Finance Institutions EIB European Investment Bank EXIM Promoting Exports and Foreign Trade FLEX General Development GSE Government-Sponsored Enterprise HICs High-Income Countries HOUS Social Housing

IADB Inter-American Development Bank IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IDA International Development Association IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFC International Finance Corporation IIB International Investment Bank IMF International Monetary Fund INFRA Infrastructure INSE Institute of New Structural Economics INTL International Financing of Private Sector Development IsDB Islamic Development Bank KBN Kommunalbanken Norway KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau LICs Low-Income Countries LMICs Lower Middle-Income Countries LOCAL Local Government MDBs Multilateral Development Banks MICs Middle-Income Countries MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MSME Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OeEB Development Bank of Austria PDBs Public Development Banks RDBs Regional Development Banks SAWI South Asia Water Initiative SMEs Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SPVs Special Purpose Vehicles TDB Trade and Development Bank TSKB Industrial Development Bank of Turkey UMICs Upper Middle-Income Countries UN United Nations USIDFC U.S. International Development Finance Corporation WBG World Bank Group WFDFI World Federation of Development Financing Institutions

List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures

Boxes:

Box 1: Terminology: What Name to Designate Them All? Box 2: A Brief History of PDBs and DFIs Box 3: IDA vs. IBRD Box 4: Concessional Financing Box 5: Some Key Figures on PDBs and DFIs Box 6: A Brief Introduction to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Tables:

Table 1: Number of PDBs and DFIs by Geographical Region at Different Ownership Levels Table 2: Types of Direct Shareholders Table 3: Majority Shareholding Table 4: Distribution of PDBs and DFIs by Geographical Operations at Different

Ownership Levels Table 5: Distribution of PDBs and DFIs by Asset Size Table 6: The Top Ten PDBs and DFIs Table 7: Descriptive Statistics of the Relative Size of PDBs and DFIs by Categories of Absolute Size Table 8: Summary Statistics of PDBs and DFIs’ Total Assets by Official Mandate Table 9: Distribution of National PDBs and DFIs by Income Level Table 10: Distribution of the Size of National PDBs and DFIs (by Income Level) and Multinational Ones Table 11: Distribution of the Number of National PDBs and DFIs (by Income Level) and Multinational Ones by Official Mandate

Figures:

Figure 1: Number of Newly Established PDBs and DFIs Figure 2: The variety of typologies of PDBs and DFIs Figure 3: Distribution of PDBs and DFIs by Ownership Level Figure 4: Comparison between the Absolute Size and Relative Weight of PDBs and DFIs by Subregion (with and without mega PDBs and DFIs) Figure 5: Distribution of PDBs and DFIs by Official Mandate Figure 6: Distribution of PDBs and DFIs’ Assets by Official Mandate (with and without mega PDBs and DFIs)