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Blog Post
September 12, 2016
“Private sector” appears 18 times in the outcome document from last year’s UN financing for development conference in Addis Ababa—exactly the same number of times as “international cooperation.” As we approach the first anniversary of the world...
Blog Post
September 09, 2016
The United States is pushing to re-elect the World Bank’s twelfth consecutive American president. Does he deserve another term? Both lending growth and project performance at the Bank appear weak by historical standards, but evaluating a bank with no profit motive is inherently difficult.
CGD in the News
September 08, 2016
Last week’s China-led G20 summit brought new commitments from presidents Obama and Xi to work together on critical issues like climate and global development. On both fronts, the United States, China, and the rest of the G20 are looking to the World Bank and other multilateral development bank...
Blog Post
September 07, 2016
Last November, a CGD working group of experts convened to address the unintended consequences of anti-money laundering (AML) policies for poor countries, where they recommended that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) should take the lead on addressing problematic de-risking...
Blog Post
September 06, 2016
CGD continued its commitment to the subject of financial inclusion with the release this March of Financial Regulations for Improving Financial Inclusion. As co-chairs of the Task Force that produced this report, we are enthused to see much alignment between the High-Level Principles of the G20...
CGD in the News
August 26, 2016
After her presentation on financial inclusion at PALCCO, Liliana Rojas-Suarez shared some insights with Mexican media Informador. Rojas-Suarez argued that financial inclusion helps people in three main axes: (i) facilitates payments systems, (ii) allows families to make long term decisions...
Blog Post
August 26, 2016
A recent flurry of legislative activity has seen the introduction of four bills that aim to crack down on the financing of terrorism. While it is very important to combat money laundering and the financing of terror, the actions can result in unintended negative consequences for poor count...
CGD in the News
August 25, 2016
After participating in Foro Diálogos para el Desarrollo, Liliana Rojas-Suarez engaged in an interview about the main challenges for Peru’s growth problem. Rojas-Suarez agreed with many other panelists of the event on how informality is one of the most important barriers ...
Blog Post
August 24, 2016
Could absenteeism be caused by the poor learning taking place in classrooms? After all, with years of schooling without gains in basic foundational skills in reading and math, it is hardly surprising when children struggle to perform. But what would happen if children were taught by their actua...