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How Much Scope for Private and Market Rate Infrastructure Finance at Addis?
Charles Kenny
June 19, 2015
Meeting the SDG targets for infrastructure in developing countries is going to cost around USD 1 trillion a year. With official development assistance at around $150 billion, other official flows at $27 billion, and investment in infrastructure with private involvement at about $181 billion, it...
TESTIMONY

Statement of the Honorable Clay Lowery Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
Clay Lowery
June 18, 2015
POLICY PAPER

Enabling Digital Financial Inclusion through Improvements in Competition and Interoperability: What Works and What Doesn't?
Marc Bourreau
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Tommaso Valletti
June 16, 2015
The development of mobile payment platforms in developing countries is revolutionizing access to finance for the poor. Mobile payment platforms allow their users to pay and transfer funds in mobile money but also offer access to other financial products, such as savings or insurance.
Blog Post

When It Comes to the AIIB, US Focus Should Be the MDBs, Not the IMF
Scott Morris
June 03, 2015
The US failure to approve governance reforms at the IMF is what led China to create the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Ben Bernanke is the latest prominent voice to employ this narrative.