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Blog Post
October 25, 2024
Sports are sometimes hugely unpredictable: the Pakistan cricket team can be unbeatable or a complete rabble on any given day; indeed, they can shift from one to the other in a matter of minutes. At present, they’re looking unbeatable, but like the weather in Ireland—if you want it to change, just wa...
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October 24, 2024
The World Bank estimates that 7 in 10 children in low- and middle-income countries can’t read by age 10. The International Survey of Education Policymakers provides new data on some old theories around why learning remains in crisis. In order to really tackle the learning crisis, policymakers need t...
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October 23, 2024
A year ago, an Independent Expert Group, which we co-convened on behalf of the Indian Presidency of the G20, recommended a vision for better, bolder, bigger MDBs as a central tool to respond to the issues facing EMDEs. We believe we have an obligation to monitor the progress and inform public opinio...
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October 23, 2024
Much of the delay in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to LMICs resulted from their signing purchase agreements later than high-income countries. These lags in part reflect the restrictive lending criteria the MDBs adopted for vaccine financing, which precluded countries from using MDB funds to purchase v...
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October 22, 2024
Now is an opportune time for bilateral and multilateral donors to invest in early childhood development and childcare in fragile, conflict, and violence settings, as the International Development Association replenishment, IDA21, is underway. Unfortunately, the proposed IDA21 policy package reflects...