Closing data gaps that obstruct solutions to mobilising private finance for the SDGs
With growing calls for both more and better targeted development finance to address rising global needs, private capital mobilisation (PCM) provides an essential part of the solution. For development finance institutions to reach the required scale, accurate measurement and disclosure of PCM data is necessary, so that DFIs and their stakeholders can better identify the most effective mechanisms for increasing the flow of private capital to emerging and developing economies. Gary Forster and Nancy Lee examine why Publish What You Fund is proposing a new method for better measurement and more disaggregated disclosure of mobilisation.