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November 03, 2022
Pull financing is a powerful but underused mechanism for incentivising progress on hard-to-tackle social problems for which innovation or the take up of innovation may be part of the solution. In a new paper, published today, we argue that pull financing can play an important role in the generation ...
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November 02, 2022
Climate finance is set to be a key issue at the 27th UN Climate Conference of the parties (COP27), with the Egyptian hosts raising it in four of their five targets alongside emphasising a shift from pledging to implementation of commitments. In this blog, we highlight four areas to look out for on c...
Blog Post
November 01, 2022
One of the single biggest challenges in achieving educational reform is aligning all the different actors towards the goals of the reform. Girls’ education is no exception. Rwanda has achieved considerable gains in girls’ education in recent years through exactly such an alignment, with girls now ou...
Blog Post
November 01, 2022
World Bank loan terms are becoming increasingly attractive as global interest rates soar. This is not because the Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loans have gotten cheaper, but because the average emerging market’s (EM) borrowing costs have risen so much more dram...
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November 01, 2022
Last month, we published a blog making the case for quality childcare as a “best buy” investment: one that can increase labor force participation, productivity, and income among workers, as well as improve broader well-being among children, caregivers, and communities. Our first blog summarized find...