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Development banks and their roles, objectives, types, examples in Nigeria, and a list of development banks are our key focus of study in this post. We will convey the basic information you need to know about development banks. This post will guide you all the way through.  <\/p>

DEFINITION DEVELOPMENT BANKS <\/span><\/h2>

Development banks are financial institutions<\/a> that provide capital, or funds, to companies for economic growth with a non-commercial intention. Although most of the time, these organizations are properties of the government or charity organizations, whose main aim is to provide funds to those enterprises that couldn\u2019t get funds from commercial lenders.<\/p>

Although the government most times uses these banks as a form of their economic aid, innovations, and plans. And these organizations play a role in providing funds at a high-risk rate. Typically these banks gain support from wealthy countries.<\/p>

Development banks, otherwise called development finance institutes or companies, operate entirely on risk-taking processes, equity positions, and risk guarantee instruments for private sector investments in a wealthy country.  <\/p>

Most development banks set criteria these companies should meet before granting those funds for their development plans. Some of these criteria include impact investing and also socially responsible investing.<\/p>

ROLES OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS<\/span><\/h2>

You know, development banks are set up for the sole purpose of economic activities, which most of the time the banking sector ignores. In markets with limited competition, development banks aid the creation of an ecosystem that specializes in micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise lenders to provide a stable funding source. The roles of development banks in our communities are many but will compress a few here. Some of the roles the development bank plays include:<\/p>

ENTREPRENEURIAL ROLES<\/span><\/h3>

These banks embark on the task of industrial promotion, discovering investment projects, searching for economic and technical enhancement ways, survey conduction, and feasibility studies. All of these are set up because most developing countries lack entrepreneurs who will set up new economic projects.  Due to managerial problems and a lack of experts<\/p>

Hence these roles of the development bank help entrepreneurs get a grip on fast industrialization. It also helps in the savings and investment habits of entrepreneurs, meanwhile helping them to seek balanced growth.<\/p>

COMMERCIAL BANKING BUSINESS<\/span><\/h3>

In developing countries, commercial banks’ traditional approach to lending proposals and funds has not helped their economy in any way, nor have they been able to take up jobs in a proper way. Development banks get both medium- and long-term finance to companies. However, they take up other functions of the bank, such as opening letters of credit, discounting bills, and accepting deposits.<\/p>

There is, however, no uniform activity in development banks and they as much extend their financial aid to meeting working capital wants to their own loan only if they fail to arrange funds from other sources.<\/p>

UNDERWRITING OF SECURITIES<\/span><\/h3>

Development banks have become a worldwide phenomenon that they acquire securities of industrial units through direct subscribing or underwriting. Meanwhile, both can be used in some cases; they acquire these securities through the promotion of work or by converting loans into preference or equity shares.<\/p>

However, these banks do not hold on to securities permanently. They will try to disinvest in these securities when it is not needed again although the banks do it in a way it wouldn\u2019t affect the market price of these securities, and itself not lose managerial control.<\/p>

These banks are playing a lot of roles in developing and underdeveloped countries’ markets, industries, and the development of the country itself.<\/p>

N.B Meanwhile, these banks may as well build portfolios of industrial bonds and stocks.<\/p>

FACILITY REFINANCE<\/span><\/h3>

The development banks provide funds for the lending institution against loans extended to the industrial sector. However there is no direct lending to the lending institutions, putting up the means, institutions that provide funds are provided with indirect funds by the development banks.<\/p>

In India, the industrial development banks rely on term loans granted to the industrial sector by the state financial corporations.<\/p>

FINANCIAL SPACE FILLERS<\/span><\/h3>

A development bank helps enterprises in two major ways and they include:<\/p>

Subscriptions to the bonds and debentures of a company and also underwrite their bonds and debenture. Thereby, guaranteeing loans raised by foreign and home companies or sources. They as well engage in acquiring machinery and equipment from home and aboard.<\/p>

COMBINED FINANCE<\/span><\/h3>

Combining finance with other financial institutions is also one of the features of development banks. In a situation where banks have problems such as legal problems and resources issues. These banks may be forced to combine with any fit financial institution to fund projects and in most cases, their choices are no other than development banks.<\/p>

It might be impossible to meet the requirements of concern of the institution by one institution. So, more than one or two managements would be involved to deliver projects, be it small or medium-sized projects.<\/p>

OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS<\/span><\/h2>

The main objectives of the development banks include:<\/p>