Development Finance

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Blog Post

Russia, DFC, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea Buried in the Spending Law
Todd Moss
and
Erin Collinson
January 15, 2020
The new US International Development Finance Corporation has barely opened its doors—and its original mandate is already under siege.
POLICY PAPER

Constraints to Enhanced Revenue Mobilization and Spending Quality in Kenya
Nelson H. W. Wawire
January 13, 2020
This study addresses constraints to enhanced revenue mobilization and spending quality in Kenya. The structure and growth of Kenya’s economy and spending quality have a bearing on its taxable capacity.
Blog Post

The US and China Have Very Different Takes on IDA and the Global Fund: Why that Matters for the Future of Multilateral Aid

Amanda Glassman
and
Scott Morris
December 19, 2019
When it comes to the United States, the reality is that the Global Fund is winning the fundraising game hands down. China, meanwhile, doubled its contribution to IDA—contrast that with the country’s longstanding indifference to the Global Fund. Clearly the world’s most important em...
BRIEF

The Stretch Fund
Nancy Lee
and
Dan Preston
December 04, 2019
When the world adopted the SDGs, policymakers knew that aid alone would never meet the financing needs. They embraced the “billions to trillions” vision, believing that an abundance of commercially viable SDG-related investments was ready and waiting for trillions in profitable private i...