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Banking on Development: Private Banks ans Aid Donors in Developing Countries

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  • Javier Rodríguez

    (OECD)

  • Javier Santiso

    (OECD)

Abstract

Over the past decade we have witnessed a double convergence. Aid donors have developed a growing interest in the private sector while private banks have set about creating corporate social responsibility programs, sustainable lending and microfinance programmes. As a consequence, the dialogue between private banks and aid donors has been intensifying, opening new avenues for collaboration. The aim of this paper is to map the potential synergies between private banks and aid donors. A survey of private bank lending towards developing countries is undertaken in order to identify the private banks most active in those economies and provide an analytical tool to help identify the scope for public and private partnerships. We find an international division of labour in bank lending: within the developing world, banks from OECD countries tend to focus their credit on specific regions and countries. This mapping of private bank lending also allows us to pinpoint concrete examples of best practices in private bank and financial actors/aid donors collaborations. We follow by discussing some of the more important cases in the field, and conclude with the potential implications for improved partnerships between private banks and donor organisations. Au cours de ces dix dernières années, nous avons pu observer une double convergence. D’une part, l’intérêt des donneurs d’aide pour le secteur privé s’est accru, et d’autre part, les banques privées ont développé des programmes pour promouvoir la responsabilité sociale des entreprises, le crédit soutenable, et des projets dans le domaine de la microfinance. En conséquence, le dialogue entre les banques privées et les donneurs d’aide s’est intensifié, ce qui laisse entrevoir une collaboration plus étroite à l’avenir. Le but de ce papier est d’évaluer précisément le potentiel de ces synergies entre banques privées et donneurs d’aide. Dans l’objectif de réaliser un outil d’analyse pertinent et d’aider à identifier des partenaires potentiels pour les donneurs d’aide, nous avons conduit une étude des crédits accordés par les banques privées aux pays en développement afin de repérer les institutions financières privées les plus actives au sein de ces économies. Nous montrons qu’il existe une division internationale dans l’activité de prêt des banques : les banques des pays donneurs opèrent une spécialisation régionale dans les pays en développement. La réalisation d’une telle étude de l’activité créditrice des banques privées permet également d’introduire un exercice de repérage des meilleures pratiques, au niveau micro, des projets spécifiques développés conjointement par les banques privées et les donneurs d’aide. Nous dégageons les principaux cas d’étude, dans l’objectif de repérer les meilleures opportunités de coopération internationale et de mise en place de partenariats public/privé entre les banques privées et les donneurs d’aide.

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  • Javier Rodríguez & Javier Santiso, 2007. "Banking on Development: Private Banks ans Aid Donors in Developing Countries," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 263, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:263-en
    DOI: 10.1787/044646710662
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    Keywords

    Africa; Afrique; aid donors; Amérique latine; Asia; Asie; bank; banque; crédit; development finance; Donneurs d’aide; financement du développement; Latin America; lending;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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