China’s development banks lent more than twice as much for public-private infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa as the US, Germany, Japan, and France’s development finance institutions combined, according to a new study from the Center for Global Development.
School closures in response to COVID-19 are putting girls in developing countries at a substantial risk of gender-based violence, early pregnancy, and dropping out once schools reopen, according to a new survey from CGD.
Foreign private investment now supplies about as much finance as foreign aid in many low-income countries in Africa and Asia, according to a study published today by the Center for Global Development.