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Five Principles for Use of Aid in Subsidies to the Private Sector
Charles Kenny
October 09, 2019
There is a significant and ongoing ramp-up in support for explicitly subsidized official development finance to the private sector around the world, but its role remains poorly defined. Lessons from the aid effectiveness literature as a whole and principles on effective use of aid suggest the need f...
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Reforming World Bank Aid to the Private Sector for Greater Competition and Transparency
Charles Kenny
April 15, 2019
Chairwoman of the US House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters' recent intervention provides an opportunity for the Bank Group to rethink the Private Sector Window to better align with the International Finance Corporation’s 3.0 reform process, which was designed to inc...
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IDA 19 and the Private Sector Window: Time for Course Corrections
Nancy Lee
February 14, 2019
This year, donors will negotiate the 19th replenishment of IDA, the triennial fundraising exercise for the World Bank’s poorest clients.
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A Review of the Mid-Term Review of the IDA Private Sector Window
Charles Kenny
December 13, 2018
A few weeks ago, the World Bank’s soft-lending arm IDA held the mid-term review of its 18th round of funding. As background for the meeting, the World Bank produced a status update of the new IDA Private Sector Window (PSW) that I have blogged about before. The update ...