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The temptation to merge aid agencies in the hopes of creating cost efficiencies is understandable. But instead of the plan being floated, it would be much better to create a strong link between DFC and MCC where there are potential synergies and make changes to MCC’s finance model that create return...

According to a recently leaked document, the Trump administration is considering reorganizing the US foreign assistance architecture, with an eye to merging MCC, DFC, and USTDA.

This month, Bloomberg reported discussions within the Trump administration for revamping the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) as a sovereign wealth fund. As celebrants of DFC’s creation and close watchers of the agency, we have thoughts.

See where House and Senate appropriators seem ready to go for the proverbial development gold and what foreign aid spending asks might not make the cut.   

The recently advanced bipartisan DFC Modernization and Reauthorization Act of 2024 does more than reauthorize the Development Finance Corporation—it also includes several provisions that would shape the US development finance agency’s direction of travel for the next seven years. Standout elements i...

With the FY24 appropriations process now concluding nearly, this analysis looks at the various funding levels and related provisions included in the final FY24 State and Foreign Operations spending bill alongside those in the FY25 budget request.

Since its inception, DFC has demonstrated its capacity to rapidly increase its investment volume, making use of a higher portfolio cap. Its annual commitments have doubled over the past four years. But the agency has been subject to criticism (including from some at CGD) for insufficiently prioritiz...

We’d been eagerly awaiting an update to DFC’s downloadable project data for insight into the development finance agency’s recent investments and overarching portfolio composition. A new drop finally came earlier this month detailing transactions through FY2022 and timed with the release of DFC’s ina...

Last week’s Senate Appropriations Committee markup revealed a vast gulf dividing the Capitol with respect to development and diplomacy funding for the coming fiscal year. The two chambers’ State and Foreign Operations spending bill toplines are more than $9 billion apart, with the House coming in at...