Billions to Trillions

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“Billions to Trillions” Is Not about Africa
W. Gyude Moore
November 19, 2018
It’s time for the MDBs to launch a realistic program for financing African infrastructure—a program that is appropriate for the realities of the region and the urgency of its infrastructure needs, writes Gyude Moore. 
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Can Blended Finance and Industrial Policy Work Together to Provide the Financing Developing Countries Need?
Mark Plant
November 06, 2018
There are two discussions—on blended finance and industrial policy—that have been happening largely in parallel, but it’s becoming clear that they must intersect. 
Blog Post

The Elusive Quest for Additionality
Paddy Carter
September 12, 2018
After toiling away for decades in relative obscurity, DFIs have found themselves thrust into the limelight and told to transform “billions to trillions,” to fill the yawning SDG financing gap.
WORKING PAPER

The Elusive Quest for Additionality - Working Paper 495
Paddy Carter et al.
September 12, 2018
DFIs are frequently asked to demonstrate their additionality—meaning that they make investments that the private sector would not—but what evidence of additionality would look like is rarely articulated. This paper examines potential quantitative and qualitative evidence.