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Blog Post
Coordinating for Impact: Ideas to Advance DFC’s Interagency Engagement
Clemence Landers et al.
May 14, 2020
In a new paper, we explore several channels for successful DFC interagency coordination—both in Washington and in the field. Each agency can help advance specific objectives related to DFC’s development mandate.
POLICY PAPERS
Coordinating for Impact: Ideas to Advance DFC’s Interagency Engagement
Clemence Landers et al.
May 14, 2020
The ability of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to fulfill its promise of becoming a full-fledged, impact-focused development finance institution depends in part on how it leverages the expertise and resources of other US government development agencies.
Blog Post
How Does a List on a Napkin Become a New Federal Agency? Reflections on the Creation of the DFC
Todd Moss
April 16, 2020
Think tanks are supposed to float new ideas to make government work better. One such crazy idea that started with Ben Leo and me turned into the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). How did this possibly happen? And what might we learn from this experience?
CGD NOTES
How Might Think Tanks Make Real Things Happen? Lessons from the Creation of the DFC
Todd Moss
April 16, 2020
A new US government agency began as scrawl on a napkin in a think tank seminar room just off Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. Fast forward nine years, in early 2020, the US International Development Finance Corporation was born.
Blog Post
How’s My Driving? What We Can Gauge from DFC’s First Board Meeting
Clemence Landers
March 25, 2020
While it is still too early in DFC’s life to make a holistic assessment of the agency’s performance, the projects presented in the first board meeting provide early insights about DFC’s direction of travel.
Blog Post
DFC Has Its First Chief Development Officer: Why This is Adam Boehler’s Most Consequential Appointment
Clemence Landers
and
Sarah Rose
February 13, 2020
Last week, the DFC board formally approved Andy Herscowitz (appointed by DFC CEO Adam Boehler with the support of USAID’s Mark Green) as the agency’s first Chief Development Officer (CDO). Herscowitz is a familiar face for the international development community, having served as the Power Africa Co...
Blog Post
Special Edition USDFC Monitor: Introducing the DFI Dashboard
Clemence Landers
and
Jocilyn Estes
January 16, 2020
The new US International Development Finance Corporation has opened its doors! And with that, CGD is launching the “DFI Dashboard”—an interactive tool for comparing the lending practices and policy frameworks of DFC and eight other development finance institutions.