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Establishing Credibility and Legitimacy: Seven Challenges for David Malpass

March 15, 2019
From supporting African development to partnering with middle-income countries and development finance, here are seven priorities that will define Malpass's presidency.
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In a 7-1 Decision, the United States Supreme Court Rules that the IFC Is Not Above the Law

February 27, 2019
The US Supreme Court decided, in a ruling on Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), that the IFC can be sued in US courts.
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Parting Words: Stephen Groff on His Tenure at the Asian Development Bank

February 15, 2019
With Jim Kim’s abrupt departure from the World Bank, there has been a swirl of commentary on questions of legacy, the best of which aim to answer the question, “how is the bank doing?” For large multilateral institutions like the World Bank, that’s a frustratingly difficult q...
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Time, Gentlemen, Please

February 06, 2019
It is time for an open, fair, merit-based process to appoint the next President of the World Bank. And I’ll explain below why I think the Europeans may, at last, break the cartel that has prevented this.