Finance and Investment

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CGD NOTES
Mexico’s Financial Risks: Solving Pemex for a Solvent Mexico
Laura Alfaro et al.
July 18, 2019
Mexico’s financial risks and the policies being adopted by the new administration cannot be adequately assessed without recognizing key features that characterize certain initial conditions. 
Blog Post
Six Recommendations for Making Basel III Work for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
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Thorsten Beck
April 23, 2019
As Basel III is transforming the global financial landscape, we hope that policymakers from both advanced economies and EMDEs, as well as multilateral organizations, can work together effectively to ensure that Basel III truly becomes a global public good—promoting financial stability and supp...
BRIEFS
Making Basel III Work for EMDEs (Brief)
Task Force on Making Basel III Work for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies; Thorsten Beck and Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Co-Chairs
April 23, 2019
A CGD Task Force assessed the implica­tions of Basel III for EMDEs and provided recommen­dations for both international and local policymakers to make Basel III work for these economies. This brief summarizes the key findings and recommendations.
Blog Post
Congress Spotlights the World Bank’s Private Sector Subsidies
Charles Kenny
April 10, 2019
Yesterday, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing with US Secretary of the Treasury Stephen Mnuchin on the international financial system. Chairwoman Maxine Waters opened the session with a strong statement on the World Bank’s $2.5 billion IDA Private Sector Window ...
Blog Post
“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. 
Blog Post
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. 
Blog Post
Time to Pay More Attention to Tax Expenditures?
Sanjeev Gupta
August 01, 2018
It is time that donors and technical assistance providers turn their attention to tax concessions provided by developing countries struggling to raise more taxes from domestic sources. The granting of tax concessions is not only mostly opaque and prone to corruption, but these concessions are furthe...