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Diaries from the Frontline: Distance Learning for Offline Children
Maryam Akmal et al.
May 21, 2020
In the second post in our “Diaries from the Frontline” series, we continue to examine how frontline education organizations are adjusting to the crisis. We examine how TCF and Luminos are supporting distance learning efforts for the students they serve.
POLICY PAPERS
Managing Fiscal Challenges in Contemporary Papua New Guinea
Satish Chand et al.
May 18, 2020
The rising budget deficits and associated increases in public debt confronting the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) make it difficult for the government to comply with the legislated debt ceiling of 45 percent of GDP within the foreseeable future.
POLICY PAPERS
Bangladesh: Impediments to Enhanced Revenue Mobilization and Equitable and Efficient Spending
Ahsan H. Mansur
January 24, 2020
Despite remarkable success in terms of growth, poverty reduction, and improvements in other socio-economic indicators, Bangladesh suffers from chronic revenue shortfalls and an extremely low tax/GDP ratio. The overall size of the government is also quite small and inadequate to meet the growing dema...
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Two Years On, and No End in Sight: How Should We Respond to the Rohingya Crisis in the Medium-Term?
Nicole Cassou
and
Cindy Huang
August 23, 2019
This Sunday marks two years since Myanmar’s military dramatically escalated its systematic campaign of violence against the Rohingya, causing over 700,000 of the long-persecuted and stateless population to flee to Bangladesh. Even if repatriation began tomorrow, estimates suggest a signif...
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A Pacific Skills Partnership: Improving the APTC to Meet Skills Needed in the Region
Satish Chand
and
Helen Dempster
August 02, 2019
Last month, Pacific policymakers, academics, and nongovernmental organizations met in Suva, Fiji, for the inaugural Pacific Skills Summit. 
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Foreign Private Investment in Low-Income Countries: More Important Than You Think
Nancy Lee
and
Asad Sami
July 24, 2019
In a world of stagnating public aid, limited fiscal space, and rising public debt in low-income countries, can they realistically expect to rely more on private finance from foreigners?
POLICY PAPERS
Trends in Private Capital Flows to Low-Income Countries: Good and Not-So-Good News
Nancy Lee
and
Asad Sami
July 24, 2019
Interest in mobilizing private finance for SDG investments is surging in a world of stagnating aid, limited fiscal space, and rising LIC debt. But is more reliance on private finance realistic for LICs? This paper explores the performance since the global financial crisis of one source of private fi...