UK to boost World Bank funding to help tackle global challenges
Minister Mitchell announces 拢100 million hybrid capital contribution to help tackle urgent development issues, as he is due to attend the World Bank Spring Meetings.
- UK to pledge 拢100 million to the World Bank to help unlock 拢1 billion of support in the next decade
- Minister Mitchell, the UK바카라 사이트檚 Governor to the World Bank, will announce the UK바카라 사이트檚 contribution at the Spring Meetings in Washington DC today (Wednesday 17 April)
- UK support will help developing countries tackle urgent development issues, such as climate change, food insecurity, pandemics, and poverty
The UK will today (Wednesday 17 April) announce a 拢100 million hybrid capital contribution to boost the World Bank바카라 사이트檚 International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), which will help tackle some of the world바카라 사이트檚 most pressing challenges in the next decade.
The World Bank바카라 사이트檚 financial model means for every 拢1 it receives it can lend 拢10. The UK바카라 사이트檚 contribution of 拢100 million will unlock ten times as much lending 바카라 사이트� 拢1 billion 바카라 사이트� to tackle issues such as climate change, food insecurity, pandemics, and poverty in the next decade 바카라 사이트� and help achieve the UN바카라 사이트檚 Sustainable Development Goals.
Hybrid capital is a financial innovation that allows World Bank shareholders, including the UK, to significantly expand the IBRD바카라 사이트檚 lending capacity through unilateral voluntary contributions of new funds at any time.
Deputy Foreign Secretary and Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell said:
Our pledge of 拢100 million for hybrid capital, which will unlock 拢1 billion of additional financing capacity over the next decade, recognises the need for urgent action to deliver real impact.
Over half of low-income countries are at high risk of debt distress and unable to access affordable finance to grow their economies. At the same time, shifting the dial on the UN바카라 사이트檚 Sustainable Development Goals and tackling global challenges, such as climate change, requires significantly higher volumes of finance.
The UK will be one of the first countries to make a hybrid capital contribution to the World Bank and is working in close coordination with its G7 partners to achieve the shared goal of building a bigger and better World Bank.
As set out in the UK바카라 사이트檚 white paper, the UK is also pushing Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, to stretch their existing capital and implement reforms to make it easier for low-income countries to access the finance they need. Each year MDBs provide around 拢120 billion to support development and tackle climate change.
Background
- Hybrid Capital combines features of both debt and equity. It takes the form of a loan with no stated maturity date that pays a coupon (annual interest payment) and usually has no voting rights (ie it does not impact on the shareholding of the MDB)
- all , including the UK, are shareholders
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