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CGD in the News
November 04, 2014
Asian countries have made it clear that they are eager to pool more public capital to meet the region’s infrastructure needs, whether it happens at the ADB or in a new institution. For the United States, the question is simple: do you want to lead that effort at the ADB, or do you want China t...
CGD in the News
October 29, 2014
“There’s no doubt [Jim Yong Kim] personally and the institution are highly visible [in the Ebola crisis],” says Scott Morris, the US Treasury’s former liaison with the bank. “But I don’t see hard evidence that this is a shift towards the World Bank becoming the Wo...
CGD in the News
August 27, 2014
“The Doing Business report isn’t a research exercise – it’s a policymaking tool. Because of the rankings it has a unique value, particularly for those countries that have a long way to go on economic reform,” Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Center for Global Dev...
CGD in the News
August 13, 2014
U.S. officials have floated proposals at multilateral forums such as the G20 but have been rebuffed by Japan and Germany. U.S. Treasury officials have also discussed with China the role that public funds can play in developing less carbon-intensive energy sources.
Scott Morris, a former Treasury of...
CGD in the News
August 01, 2014
The World Bank will have trouble getting approval for projects in the face of opposition from the G-7, which has more than 40 percent of votes on the bank’s board, said Scott Morris, a former deputy assistant secretary for development finance and debt at the U.S. Treasury Department.
“I...
CGD in the News
July 25, 2014
While Canada and the U.S. account for about one-fifth of votes at the 188-member institution, their opposition would be enough to delay loans, said Scott Morris, a former deputy assistant secretary for development finance and debt at the Treasury in Washington. If European Union countries follow the...
CGD in the News
July 24, 2014
"No doubt the BRICS will take a more flexible stance, certainly in their energy strategies, when it comes to fossil fuels," said Scott Morris, an expert on international financial institutions at the Center for Global Development.
And although that's exactly what people concerned abou...
CGD in the News
July 17, 2014
Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Center for Global Development, sees no competition between the [World Bank and New Development Bank], given the huge infrastructure financing needs and the World Bank’s depth of experience. Moreover he doubts NDB will stray all that far in its operating ...
CGD in the News
June 19, 2014
“The global landscape has shifted pretty radically,” says Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Centre for Global Development and an expert on issues relating to international financial institutions. “On the financial side, it’s simply that the World Bank is becoming a smal...
CGD in the News
June 06, 2014
Despite its recent fundraising prowess, the World Bank could potentially be a victim of its own success. This is according to Scott Morris, senior associate at the Center for Global Development, who sat down with Devex reporter Paul Stephens to discuss his most recent paper.
By placing the IDA at t...