Finance and Investment

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More Mobilizing, Less Lending: A Pragmatic Proposal for MDBs
Nancy Lee
April 03, 2018
MDB private sector operations or windows (PSWs) are essential actors in mobilizing private finance for development, but their mobilization track record to date falls far short of a meaningful contribution to annual SDG financing gaps in the trillions
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Can Fiscal Rules and Institutions Soften the Impact of Politics?
Sanjeev Gupta
March 29, 2018
I spoke at the 30th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This year’s seminar focused on the role of fiscal policy in achieving more inclusive and equitable economic growth to meet the 2030 agenda of the SDGs...
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Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for Women (Factsheet)
Mayra Buvinic
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Tanvi Jaluka
March 22, 2018
Mobile savings hold great promise for empowering women entrepreneurs. Women are often disproportionately burdened by high transaction costs to access savings accounts.
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Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for Women
Mayra Buvinic
and
Tanvi Jaluka
March 22, 2018
Mobile savings hold great promise, because they can considerably reduce transaction costs that can be unduly heavy for women. Two questions guide us: how can we encourage more women microentrepreneurs to access formal savings accounts, and is mobile saving a particularly fitting solution? This serie...