This report was prepared by the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD), under the guidance of Director Jorge Moreira da Silva.
It drew on the expertise from Greg Medcraft, Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF), Mario Pezzini, Director of the Development Centre (DEV), Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) and their teams.
The DCD team was led by Haje Schütte, Head of the Financing for Sustainable Development Division, Olivier Cattaneo, Head of the Policy Analysis and Strategy Unit, and Cushla Thompson, Economist / Policy Analyst. Lead authors are: Jieun Kim (Chapters 1, 2 and 3), Rachel Morris (Chapters 4 and 5), and Cushla Thompson (Chapter 6). Tatiana Pazem provided valuable drafting and research support throughout the publication. Cecilia Piemonte, Fredrik Ericsson, and Arnaud Pincet provided statistical assistance.
Fundamental contributions were provided by a broader team of OECD specialists, in particular Ben Dickinson and Joseph Stead (CTPA), Mathilde Mesnard, Ana Novik and Michael Gestrin (DAF), Julia Benn, Thomas Böhler, Jenny Hedman, Paul Horrocks, Ida McDonnell, Erin Renner Cordell, Jens Sedemund, Rachel Scott, Suzanne Steensen, Raundi Halvorson-Quevedo (DCD), Federico Bonaglia, Naoko Ueda, Bathylle Missika, Susanna Morrison-Métois and Hyeshin Park (DEV).
The project team is grateful to the many contributions from across the OECD and for the insights of external contributors:
Chapter 2 – Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Finance Minister, Indonesia; Royston Braganza, CEO, Grameen Capital India; Bertrand Badré, former Managing Director of the World Bank and CEO and founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital; Dilip Ratha, Head of Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development; Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer & President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC);
Chapter 3 – Jérôme Olympie, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France; Annalisa Prizzon, Senior Research Fellow, ODI; Dilip Ratha, Head, Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development;
Chapter 4 – Chantal-Line Carpentier, Chief New York Office, UNCTAD; Guido Schmidt‑Traub, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Pietro Bertazzi, Head of Sustainable Development, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); Eric Berseth, Executive Director, and Vincent Mudry, Head of Operations, Philanthropy Advisors;
Chapter 5 – Caroline Heider, Director General, Evaluation, IEG, World Bank Group; Stephanie von Friedeburg, IFC Chief Operating Officer; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Daniel C. Esty, Yale University;
Chapter 6 – Margaret Thomas, Chief, Development Impact Group, UNDP; Anuradha Thakur, Ministry of Finance, India; Ben Miller, Associate Director, CDA Collaborative Learning.
The report also benefitted from consultations and peer reviews of colleagues at AFD, BMZ, DFID, GIZ, USAID, and members of Civil Society and the business community. Strategic guidance was provided by members of the Development Assistance Committee and the Investment Committee of the OECD.
The report was prepared for publication under the direction of Henri-Bernard Solignac‑Lecomte and Stacey Bradbury. Anne-Lise Prigent from the Public Affairs and Communications Directorate (PAC) provided editorial and content oversight. Our appreciation also goes out to Susan Sachs for editing assistance and to Stephanie Coic for graphic design.
Finally, the team wishes to thank the DAC donor agencies that took part in the survey for the insight into their financing for sustainable development approaches.