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Can DFIs Be First Responders in a Crisis?
Nancy Lee
May 19, 2020
You might find this question odd. After all, since the outbreak of COVID-19, the development finance institutions DFIs have been busy announcing financial goals for crisis response, and offering reassurances of proactive stances. But it is important to recall at this moment that their financial mode...
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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.
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Economic Perspectives in Latin America: Navigating the Great Lockdown

Alejandro Fiorito
May 11, 2020
In late April, CGD’s senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez and distinguished non-resident fellow Mauricio Cárdenas participated in an event organized by Columbia University to discuss the economic prospects in Latin America. They were joined by the director of sovereign ratings at Fitch, Richard Franci...
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With a Debt Crisis Looming, Researchers Who Estimated China’s “Hidden” Lending Respond to Their Critics
Scott Morris
May 07, 2020
Last year, economists Sebastian Horn, Carmen Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch put forward estimates of the Chinese government’s external (“overseas”) lending in a working paper. Their work was a landmark effort in a number of respects. Perhaps not surprisingly for a working paper, Horn et al. a...