National Development Banks and Infrastructure Provision: A Comparative Study of Brazil, China, and South Africa

The Infrastructure Finance in the Developing World Working Paper Series is a joint research effort by GGGI and the G-24 that explores the challenges and opportunities for scaling up infrastructure finance in emerging markets and developing countries.

This paper assesses the challenges and trade-offs faced by the three major NDBs in emerging economies in their efforts to

1. reach the goals set by their governments,
2. obtain the resources needed to function at a meaningful scale, and
3. operate within their unique economic and political contexts

Publication Date: 01-06-2015