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IFC and the Social Investing Spectrum: The Double Tragedy of the IDA Private Sector Window

Charles Kenny
October 15, 2018
“IFC 3.0” is a welcome and important initiative for a development finance institution that in the past has been accused of putting profits before impact. But the IDA PSW instrument is a throwback to the old IFC—opaque as well as inefficiently targeted on development results. Design...
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Rising to the SDG Challenge: The Unique Contribution of the International Development Finance Club
Scott Morris
October 11, 2018
The IDFC represents a unique mix of bilateral agencies, national development banks, and regional development banks. As such, it holds promise for bringing new and productive collaborations to the SDG agenda that extend well beyond the work of the major multilateral development institutions. In a new...
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Rising to the SDG Challenge: The Unique Contribution of the International Development Finance Club
Scott Morris
October 11, 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals face a key dilemma. Major multilateral institutions like the World Bank and the other core MDBs have played a leadership role in shaping the SDG financing framework. However, there is a significant misalignment between the structure of these institutions and the SDG...
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The EPG’s Call to Action
Masood Ahmed
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Mark Plant
October 11, 2018
When the finance ministers of the G20 countries set up an Eminent Persons Group 18 months ago, many observers were both hopeful and skeptical about the likely outcome. Now that the EPG’s report is out, what’s the verdict on how transformative its efforts will be?