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Mobilised volume is the wrong test of a development finance institution
Mobilised volume counts the private dollars that closed alongside a public commitment, and it can be audited on the day the deal signs. Additionality asks whether those dollars would have moved anyway, which nobody can observe, and an institution that adopts the harder standard will report a smaller number for more difficult work.