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Blog Post
April 02, 2024
“Trade not aid” is a slogan that appeals to certain instincts on both the left and right. The idea being that rich countries can do more for economic development in poor countries by granting them market access than by sending charity. But will market access really stimulate economic growth in laggi...
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March 12, 2024
There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And...
Blog Post
December 06, 2023
Men are the majority customers in bank lending portfolios throughout the world. The gender gap in access to credit is larger in developing countries and especially onerous for women entrepreneurs who suffered disproportionate employment and income losses during the recent COVID pandemic. What drives...
Blog Post
June 28, 2023
On June 14, we published a paper titled “What Counts as Climate?” where we argued that the World Bank has developed a climate portfolio that lacks estimates of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and has no standardized reporting on GHG estimates. Last week, the World Bank sent an email to members o...
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June 20, 2023
The Biden administration’s efforts to provide attractive alternatives to Chinese finance in the developing world coincides with a period of pronounced financial stresses for these countries. After years of ready access to capital markets, coinciding with China’s rise as the dominant source of govern...
Blog Post
June 14, 2023
Too often, climate finance is treated as a proxy for climate outcomes when it comes to agenda-setting and strategy at the multilateral development banks. Over the last 18 months, the World Bank’s shareholders have led a major reform push that would have the Bank focus more on climate, with the discu...