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CGD NOTE
April 24, 2025
In 2024, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina urged shareholders to support a highly ambitious target of $25 billion for ADF 17, up from $9 billion for ADF 16 (which included $429 million for a new climate action window). Now, even meeting ADF 16 targets would represent a major victory because the ADF’s ...
Blog Post
April 24, 2025
Ahead of the African Development Bank's presidential election in May, CGD's Karen Mathiasen and AfriCatalyst's Daouda Sembene interview three of the candidates – Amadou Hott, Samuel Munzele Maimbo, and Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala – on their priorities for the Bank and their views on how to help stee...
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April 24, 2025
Ahead of the African Development Bank's presidential election in May, CGD's Karen Mathiasen and AfriCatalyst's Daouda Sembene interview three of the candidates – Amadou Hott, Samuel Munzele Maimbo, and Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala – on their priorities for the Bank and their views on how to help stee...
Blog Post
April 24, 2025
With disease outbreaks continuing to emerge–including mpox, bird flu, and unidentified pathogens—it’s clear that the next pandemic is not a distant possibility but a looming reality. When it arrives, countries will face a crucial decision: wait for vaccine approvals before making procurement deals o...
Blog Post
April 22, 2025
Developing economies face mounting fiscal pressure from slowing global growth, crippling debt service, and steep cuts to international aid budgets. Higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks may be part of the solution. Often implemented to improve public health, these taxes have significan...
Blog Post
April 21, 2025
We’ve previously looked at the sectoral and geographic impact of the proposed USAID award cuts. But for those who want to see US foreign assistance back on its feet, it is also worth looking at the impact on awardees—the firms, nonprofits, and international organizations that implement USAID projec...
Blog Post
April 21, 2025
With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of shrinking aid budgets. Nothing can prevent the cuts from leading to deaths, but we can still do better...
