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Rising to the SDG Challenge: The Unique Contribution of the International Development Finance Club
Scott Morris
October 11, 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals face a key dilemma. Major multilateral institutions like the World Bank and the other core MDBs have played a leadership role in shaping the SDG financing framework. However, there is a significant misalignment between the structure of these institutions and the SDG...
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What CGD Experts are Watching at This Year’s World Bank/IMF Meetings in Bali
Marla Spivack et al.
October 05, 2018
Why should countries invest in human capital? As emerging technologies impact economies and societies, how can we ensure that the most vulnerable are protected? Who will step up to finance the SDGs? Next week’s Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF will convene 13,000 global policymake...
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Replenishment Crunch Ahead: Implications for the Future of Global Health Financing
Amanda Glassman
September 18, 2018
In 2019, major sources of concessional finance—the big global health funders like the Global Fund and Gavi, as well as the development-bank-based IDA and the African Development Fund—will ask donors for more money to accomplish more health and development.
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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.