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December 18, 2023
The Lancet Investing in Health Commission, led by Larry Summers and Dean Jamison in 2013, envisioned a grand convergence in key health indicators by 2035 between low-income and low-middle-income countries and the best-performing middle-income countries. Given significant global changes since the rep...
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October 30, 2023
Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackling the climate crisis in developing nations demands substantial investments. A recent report commissioned by the G20 estimated that for developing countries (encompassing low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income nations), a...
Blog Post
October 24, 2023
Widespread climate shocks, from heatwaves and droughts to hurricanes and coastal flooding, affect nations across all income levels, with profound implications for economic growth and human welfare. With the continued rise in average temperatures and prospects of even more severe events going forward...
Blog Post
August 22, 2023
In an earlier paper (and blog) published in March, we assessed the initial five programs supported by the IMF’s the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), a new financing vehicle designed to help countries address climate change and pandemic preparedness. Among our findings, four stood out. Firs...
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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 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...
Blog Post
May 12, 2023
In this blog post, we examine the rise of several of today’s big military spenders. These risers were not in the top ten spenders in 1990, but high rates of economic growth allowed them to allocate more dollars to the military, displacing countries higher in the list, including G7 nations.