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Blog Post
December 18, 2020
This blog proposes some critical steps—many of which are long overdue—that international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) must take if their money is to work more effectively to support African countries recover from the pandemic’s fallout.
Blog Post
December 17, 2020
Last week, DFC held its fourth and final board meeting concluding its first year in operation. DFC approved close to $8 billion in 2020, a significant rise from OPIC annual program which stood at $3-4 billion in recent years. This year the institution also deployed its new equity instrument to...
POLICY PAPERS
November 30, 2020
The world is in the throes of a health, economic, and social crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Slower global growth has significantly worsened the economic prospects for all countries, including the poorest ones. Low-income countries (LICs) are also finding it more difficult to service their exte...
Blog Post
November 05, 2020
The only way to scale up the global financial response to meet the imminent needs of developing countries is by using all parts of the development finance system—and by making it work much more effectively as a system. This means the global multilateral institutions, of course, but it also includes ...