In April 2009, in the wake of the economic downturn and under pressure to ease the global credit crunch, the G20 leaders pledged $100 billion additional support for Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to mitigate negative impacts of the crisis on developing countries. At this point in time it is still unclear to what extent the money will be genuinely additional – that is, additional to MDBs budgets- but also additional to aid commitments pledged before the onset of the global crisis.