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POLICY PAPER

Five Principles for Use of Aid in Subsidies to the Private Sector
Charles Kenny
October 09, 2019
There is a significant and ongoing ramp-up in support for explicitly subsidized official development finance to the private sector around the world, but its role remains poorly defined. Lessons from the aid effectiveness literature as a whole and principles on effective use of aid suggest the need f...
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Converging Military Spending and Its Fiscal Consequences
Benedict Clements et al.
October 07, 2019
Worldwide military spending as a percentage of GDP in the years since the Global Crisis has been at nearly half its level during the Cold War. This column identifies three groups into which spending has been converging. It also shows that external threat levels are a factor in determining military s...
Blog Post

Gender-Smart Investing: A Pioneer Survey of 21 DFIs
Megan O'Donnell
and
Nancy Lee
September 30, 2019
Our team has just launched (to our knowledge) the first ever survey of the gender policies and practices of 21 multilateral and bilateral DFIs in order to gain a better understanding of DFI gender strategies. 
POLICY PAPER

Marginal, Not Transformational: Development Finance Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals
Charles Kenny
September 24, 2019
Development finance institutions have positioned themselves as key agencies to help the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals. It is doubtful that they can deliver. This paper outlines the challenges facing DFIs in achieving (anywhere near) such an expansion in their impact, particularly in i...