Contributions to Multilaterals

Data from the OECD on contributions through multilaterals shows that, between 2014 and 2022, EU contributors provided EUR 3.6 billion in commitments to SDG7-compliant projects. This is more than all other donors combined. Of this amount, EUR 3.1 billion was provided as ODA grants, and EUR 507 million as ODA loans.

An examination of the data published by the OECD showing contributions made by its member states in the period 2014-2020 shows that the collective EUR 36.1 billion contribution of EU member states to multilaterals is more than that of all other donors combined.

To finance investments, multilateral institutions can receive financial contributions from donors in as ‘contributions through’ which are provided by donors through a multilateral agency to be delivered to a specific project(s) on behalf of the initial donor.

SDG7-compliant contributions were mostly channeled through Regional Development Banks (EUR 1.5 billion), followed by Other Multilateral Organisations (EUR 785 million), EU multilaterals (EUR 531 million), the World Bank Group (EUR 456 million), and United Nations agencies (EUR 272 million).