Policy paper

Development capital – catalysing investments to benefit poor people

How we use public investment in the private sector to help developing countries.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 15 July 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

Development Capital

PDF, 875 KB, 12 pages

Details

Development capital is public investment made in the private sector to achieve development objectives. It is a tool used by DFID to catalyse investment that benefits poor people. Development capital follows a double bottom line approach: we seek modest financial return alongside significant development impact. Returns will be redeployed into development programmes, making UK aid better value for money. This paper sets out the context and drivers of development capital and how DFID will deploy it.

Published 15 July 2015