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DFI Readiness Assessment Checklist
12 questions an infrastructure developer should be able to answer before approaching a DFI, lender, or investment committee. Built from the criteria inside the 100-Point Bankability Framework V3.6.
Free Resource — Infrastructure Developers
DFI Readiness Assessment Checklist
12 questions derived from the 100-Point Bankability Framework. Use this before approaching any DFI, development bank, or institutional lender to confirm your project can withstand a bankability screen.
What is covered
- Commercial viability — revenue model and demand evidence
- Political and regulatory commitment
- Environmental and social baseline
- Implementation track record and contractor landscape
- DFI eligibility criteria and standard conditions
- Financial model readiness for lender due diligence
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Why these 12 questions
Most project developers approach a DFI too early — before the threshold criteria are satisfied. The result is a rejection that damages the project's credibility for the next approach, even when underlying fundamentals are sound.
The Bankability Framework maps DFI investment decisions across five categories. These 12 questions translate that scoring framework into developer-facing language — the same criteria that determine whether a project reaches investment committee, without the scoring methodology.
If you cannot answer these questions confidently, a Rapid Assessment Plus will identify which gaps need to close before a DFI approach is viable.
Need a structured bankability assessment?
The checklist tells you where the gaps are. A Rapid Assessment Plus tells you how to close them.