April 30, 2020
Maximizing IDA's COVID-19 Crisis Response: Why a Debt Standstill Isn’t the Right Approach (For Now)
Let’s unpack our arguments for why a debt standstill would be the wrong move for IDA at this point in time.
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January 31, 2014
As the World Bank’s Capital Goes, So Goes the Bank… or So Say Two New CGD Papers
What are the chances that you would have not one, but two opportunities to contemplate the World Bank’s capital constraint here on CGD’s website? Better yet, what are the chances you would want to?
January 8, 2014
Shaking Up the Donor Shakedown at the World Bank
The World Bank just successfully raised $52 billion for the International Development Association (IDA). What better way to build on that success than to declare IDA fundraising dead?
April 25, 2013
Goals Are Good (Whether You’re Running a Marathon or the World Bank), But It’s the Strategy That Really Matters
I have a goal of running a faster marathon at 47 than I did at 27. It helps that I wasn’t exactly a world class runner twenty years ago, and I still have a few years to reach my goal. But if you wanted to place a bet on me, you would probably want to know what my plan is for getting there.
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