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Blog Post
September 14, 2021
Today we launch the Commitment to Development Index 2021 measuring the policy efforts of 40 major economies in supporting development in other countries. The CDI focuses on the development spillover effects of policies in eight component areas: development finance, investment, migration, trade, envi...
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September 09, 2021
Investment from the private sector and donor countries can boost growth in Africa, and is key to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. An Accelerator Hub would act as a one stop shop to help local businesses and institutions in Africa develop financially viable proposals, and connect them with invest...
Blog Post
September 09, 2021
Through its European Investment Advisory Hub, the European Union (EU) has built solid experience in project preparation within its own borders by connecting project promoters and intermediaries with advisory partners who work directly together to help projects reach the financing stage. Building on ...
Blog Post
September 09, 2021
With a new government taking over the helm of the country and building on its financial firepower, Germany now has the opportunity to fully embrace a leadership role in the EU as an agenda-setter in development, driving forward innovative ideas, rather than as a mere broker.
Blog Post
September 01, 2021
A year ago, the UK Government announced the integration of the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which became the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Soon after the merger, the UK’s development budget was cut by £4.5 billi...
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August 04, 2021
Foreign ministers from the 27 European Union (EU) member states have agreed to set in motion work on a new global connectivity strategy to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Council Conclusions adopted in mid-July define a new “geostrategic and global approach to connectivity” for the...
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July 20, 2021
Mikaela Gavas (CGD) and San Bilal (ECDPM) host Koen Doens, Director General of DG International Partnerships (DG INTPA) at the European Commission, to discuss his views on the outcome of the discussions on the European Financial Architecture for Development and what the European Commission is doing ...
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July 12, 2021
Mikaela Gavas (CGD) and San Bilal (ECDPM) host representatives from the “Enhanced Partnership,” an initiative launched by some of Europe’s key national development banks—Anne de Soucy (AFD), Johannes Kannicht (KfW), Marina Piccioni (CDP), Fernando Jimenez-Ontiveros (AECID)—and Laure Blanchard-B...