USDFC Monitor

USDFC Monitor

The USDFC Monitor was a platform for information, reasoned analysis, practical recommendations, and evidence-based discussion of important issues that faced the United States’ new full-service development finance institution. Drawing inspiration from a similar endeavor launched by CGD to track and inform the early days of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the USDFC Monitor aimed to provide a mix of timely commentary and in-depth analysis.

The USDFC Monitor was part of CGD’s US Development Policy initiative that seeks to broaden the US government’s approach to development while strengthening existing foreign assistance tools.

More from the Series

Blog Post

DFC: At the Center of the US Administration’s Global Climate Agenda
Clemence Landers et al.
April 30, 2021
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) features prominently throughout the White House’s international climate agenda. The agency made bold commitments around greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions and announced its own climate finance target.
Blog Post

Current Budget Rules Stand in the Way of a Reasonable Path for US DFC to Realize Ambition on Climate and Pandemic Response
Scott Morris
April 19, 2021
When Congress created the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) through the BUILD Act in 2018, it gave the new agency authority to make equity investments in funds and firms in developing country markets, building on the traditional lending programs of DFCs’ predecessor agency, OPIC...
Blog Post

Off to a Good Start: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Strengthen DFC’s 2X Initiative
Megan O'Donnell
and
Jocilyn Estes
April 13, 2021
In March, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) held its first board meeting of the Biden-Harris administration. At that meeting board members voted to approve just one project—a $300 million loan to expand a Brazilian bank’s lending portfolio to small and medium enterprises (SM...
POLICY PAPER

A Review of the 2X Women’s Initiative: Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration
Megan O'Donnell
and
Jocilyn Estes
April 13, 2021
This policy paper reviews the extent to which DFC (and its predecessor, OPIC) have focused on the promotion of women’s economic empowerment and broader gender equality to date, particularly through the 2X Women’s Initiative.