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Blog Post
June 14, 2023
An interesting paper (and podcast) by Francis Fukuyama and Michael Bennon look at China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and recent debt distress in BRI project countries, building on work by Scott Morris and co-authors that examined 100 Chinese debt contracts with foreign governments. BRI has invol...
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April 19, 2023
According to the IDB’s independent evaluation office, only 53 percent of IDB sovereign projects in the latest validation cycle were successful in the four core areas of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. This falls considerably short when compared to the World Bank's 80 percen...
Blog Post
April 11, 2023
It is now 10 years since Jaime Saavedra became the education minister of Peru and 7 years since he left that position. This blog summarizes key insights from a new paper with former Minister Saavedra—reflections on what Peru has achieved in education over the past 15 years, what else might have been...