Investment

More from the Series

Blog Post
A New Year’s Wish: Invest in Data
January 08, 2021
Ranil Dissanayake calls for developing country governments, donors, and researchers to commit to: invest in, and use, national data collection systems.
Blog Post
Creative Development: Bobby Pittman and Ladipoe on the CGD Podcast
January 21, 2020
I talk with Kupanda Capital's Bobby Pittman and rapper Ladipoe about development opportunities in Africa's entertainment industries, Bobby's experience working with Nigerian record label Mavin Records, and the inspiration behind Ladipoe's songs.
Blog Post
The World’s Next Factory Won’t Be in South Asia
October 07, 2019
The region is losing out to Africa and elsewhere in the race to attract manufacturing investment.
Blog Post
Prospects for Prosper Africa: CGD Podcast
July 15, 2019
Landry Signé, Aubrey Hruby, Judd Devermont, and Gyude Moore on their expectations for the new Prosper Africa initiative and the roles that infrastructure, communication, and the US Development Finance Corporation might play in its impact.
Blog Post
A New Standard for Country-by-Country Reporting on Tax?
Maya Forstater
February 19, 2019
The vexed question of whether country-by-country (CBC) reports on multinational companies’ tax affairs should be put into the public domain has been a sticking point in debates on responsible tax practice for years. 
Blog Post
What Have We Learned from Expenditure Conditionality in IMF Programs?
November 09, 2018
As part of borrowing from the IMF, the IMF and the country that is borrowing agree on the implementation of certain policies (conditions) during the program period. The implementation of some conditions is not essential for the continuation of the program, including some pertaining to budgetary expe...
Blog Post
International Investment Agreements: Not Fit for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
January 18, 2018
In a world with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international investment policy system stands as an obsolete regime in urgent need of revision and reform. This is the main conclusion of the analysis that the think tank CIECODE conducted for CGD’s 2017 Commitment to Development...