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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March 26, 2020
More Than $1 Trillion in MDB Firepower Exists as We Approach a COVID-19 “Break the Glass” Moment
In retrospect, the scale up in MDB financing during the 2008-2010 crisis, though significant, now looks conservative as we consider the potential scale of damage from the current COVID-19 pandemic. To put the question bluntly, if the human and economic devastation follows a worst-case scenario, just how much could the MDBs do to respond? We attempt to answer that question by assessing the legal, rather than prudential, constraints on MDB lending.
September 3, 2019
Infrastructure and IDA19: A Priority or Not?
The grim picture for SDG-related infrastructure finance in low-income countries (LICs) is by now familiar. Nancy Lee examines salient evidence about the state of funding for infrastructure in LMICs.
April 4, 2019
Spring Meeting Calendar in Full Bloom at CGD
Spring has finally sprung in Washington, DC! And that also means a series of substantive discussions on today's most pressing global development issues—from private sector financing in Africa to the future of the World Bank—are springing up at the Center for Global Development. Join us next week in person or online for these important conversations that will happen alongside the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings.
October 5, 2018
What CGD Experts are Watching at This Year’s World Bank/IMF Meetings in Bali
Why should countries invest in human capital? As emerging technologies impact economies and societies, how can we ensure that the most vulnerable are protected? Who will step up to finance the SDGs? Next week’s Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF will convene 13,000 global policymakers, private sector executives, academics, and civil society members in Bali, Indonesia as they work to address these questions and more.
August 19, 2009
On Current Path, IFC Is Set to Become Bigger than the World Bank in Five Years
This blog entry also appeared on the Huffington Post.
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