Development Finance

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TESTIMONY

Coming to Terms with China at the World Bank and in Development Finance
Scott Morris
December 03, 2018
Scott Morris testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy at a hearing titled “Multilateral Economic Institutions and US Foreign Policy” o...
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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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Answering the World Bank’s $75 Billion Question
Scott Morris
November 09, 2018
Next week in Zambia, donors to the World Bank’s financing window for low-income countries, the International Development Association (IDA), meet to discuss IDA’s future. This “mid-term review” is both a stocktaking session and a teeing up of the next round of fundraising for ...
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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.