OPIC

Secretary Kerry, the world is on fire, the threats are real, and you can’t work any harder. Even while firefighting, you're giving your first big development policy speech tomorrow, at USAID's Frontiers in Development Forum.

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Electrify Africa Act later tonight. This legislation would increase the US government’s efforts to promote reliable and affordable electricity for the roughly 600 million Africans that currently live without it. It aims to mobilize all U...

Bipartisan support for the Electrify Africa Act (HR. 2548) recently got a further boost when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its cost estimate. 

For those who have read CGD’s work over the years, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). What’s not to like about an efficient, can-do organization that mobilizes private capital for development gain, and at zero cost to taxpaye...