Mobilizing trillions – Financing for impact leveraging the pivotal role of the Public Development Banks

Building on the momentum in the lead-up to the Second Finance in Common Summit of Public Development Banks (PDBs) 2021, the session will hear from leaders from the public sector, PDBs, private investors, farmers’ organizations, and others to discuss how PDBs – responsible for over two thirds of formal financing for agriculture – can catalyse more green and inclusive investments in food and agriculture, and channel more financing towards small-scale producers. PDBs have the potential in particular to unlock significant funds, including by better enabling and de-risking private investments. It will also serve to showcase and launch commitments from actors and leaders around the world to scale-up green and inclusive investments across the sector through better, more coordinated action, including to benefit the small-scale producers and agri-food entrepreneurs that produce, transform, and market the majority of the food consumed in low and middle-income countries.