Development Impact Bond (DIBs)

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POLICY PAPER

Structuring and Funding Development Impact Bonds for Health: Nine Lessons from Cameroon and Beyond
Roxanne Oroxom et al.
January 26, 2018
Despite the considerable interest in Development Impact Bonds, only a few have reached the implementation phase. We use information from stakeholder interviews to describe the design of one DIB in-depth and use lessons from a range of impact bonds to develop recommendations for potential partners to...
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Another One Joins the DIB: OPIC Commits $2 Million to a Development Impact Bond on Cataract Surgery
Amanda Glassman
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Roxanne Oroxom
October 12, 2017
OPIC recently announced it will invest $2 million in a Development Impact Bond (DIB) aimed at improving the availability and quality of cataract surgery services in Cameroon. 
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The "Big Bond": How to Maintain African Growth While Reducing the Fiscal Burden on Donors
Nancy Birdsall
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
April 17, 2017
Sub-Saharan African countries are at a critical juncture. With China's slowdown and the collapse in commodity prices, growth slipped to 3.4 percent in 2015, on average just over half what it has been for the past 15 years. Estimated growth for 2016 is below the population growth rate of about 2 ...
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A Big, Bold Plan for MCC’s Future

Sarah Rose
March 08, 2016
After more than a decade of operations, MCC has made the shift from innovative start-up to established donor agency.  “MCC NEXT,” the agency’s new, much-anticipated strategic plan, takes a hard look at how the poverty and development landscape has evolved over the past decade ...