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Public markets and the future of development finance: a conversation with Leslie Maasdorp
How do public markets fit into the next era of development finance? PMC Chair Cameron Khosrowshahi sat down with Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment, for a wide-ranging conversation exploring exactly that. Earlier this year, Leslie joined the PMC Roundtable, held on the margins of the World Bank Spring Meetings, for a session on local public capital markets development in Africa — examining what it will take for development finance institutions to expand
Mari Blumenthal
Oct 51 min read


Supply, Demand, Liquidity: A Strategic Framework for Public Capital Markets
Multilateral development banks, DFIs and development agencies have a much wider range of tools at their disposal than they realise. The Public Markets Coalition's Strategic Framework, at the core of its forthcoming Toolkit, organises those tools into three categories, each tied to addressing a distinct capital markets challenge: Supply, Demand and Liquidity. Together, these three categories provide a comprehensive map of how public actors can engage with, and help develop,
Mari Blumenthal
Sep 212 min read


PSE becomes the first stock exchange to endorse the PMC
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is the first stock exchange to announce its endorsement of the Public Markets Coalition (PMC).

Public Markets Coalition
Jul 22 min read


Public markets are the Path of Least Resistance to Scale
Time is running out on closing the sustainable finance gap. Thanks to accumulated trust and liquidity, public capital markets could offer the shortest route to mobilising private capital for investment in developing countries, writes PMC Chair Cameron Khowsrowshahi.

Public Markets Coalition
Jun 23 min read


PMC convenes MDBs and DFIs on sidelines of World Bank Spring Meetings
The EMDE Public Markets Coalition (PMC) brought together multilateral development banks (MDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs), just days after a new report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) urged global cooperation to reverse negative trends in development finance.

Public Markets Coalition
Apr 152 min read


Public Markets Coalition launched at FFD4
The United Kingdom (UK), partnering with the Government of the Philippines and others, is championing the use of public markets to mobilise development and climate finance at the scale needed to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Public Markets Coalition
Apr 143 min read
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