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CGD NOTES
July 17, 2023
Low-income countries are in a battle for their lives and livelihoods, but they lack the resources to respond effectively. As the largest single source of development finance for the world’s poorest countries, the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) must be at the center of the s...
POLICY PAPERS
May 11, 2023
The COVID pandemic has had differential effects by gender, with women experiencing higher job and income loss, increased rates of domestic violence, and mounting care burdens. We examine the extent to which MDB COVID response projects incorporated gender elements and highlight the gaps in those effo...
Blog Post
April 14, 2023
More than ever, low and lower middle-income countries (LICs and LMICs) are in a race against time. Their ambition to deliver prosperous economies for their citizens appears continuously thwarted by different shocks. There is a growing sense of urgency among these economies as it becomes clear that t...
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April 03, 2023
At the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, a group of African finance ministers and a private sector leader will share their perspectives on what they would like to see from the reform of the World Bank and MDBs.
Press Release
November 16, 2022
The Latin American Committee on Macroeconomic and Financial Issues (CLAAF, by its Spanish acronym) today praised the central banks of Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Peru for taking swift and aggressive action to address growing inflation – and urged them to stay the course, as conquering inflation will b...
Blog Post
November 01, 2022
Last month, we published a blog making the case for quality childcare as a “best buy” investment: one that can increase labor force participation, productivity, and income among workers, as well as improve broader well-being among children, caregivers, and communities. Our first blog summarized find...
Blog Post
September 30, 2022
Governments still need to be convinced to prioritize childcare. Context-specific data on ROI canna help with this. CGD and the World Bank’s Early Learning Partnership convened a series of technical workshops aimed at informing the approach of the newly launched World Bank Group (WBG) Invest in Child...