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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...
Blog Post
April 08, 2014
The World Bank’s governors will meet this weekend to check in on president Jim Kim’s ambitious reform agenda. Anticipating the weekend’s meetings, the bank has rolled out a series of measures through press releases and speeches over the past two weeks, including the announcement of...
CGD in the News
April 03, 2014
“While they’re certainly not contributing on the scale of the large IDA donors, it’s nonetheless a large increase for them,” said Scott Morris, a former deputy assistant secretary for development finance and debt at the U.S. Treasury Department.
The commitments “demons...
CGD in the News
April 01, 2014
Others are still optimistic. “There are a lot of balls in the air with this restructuring, and I think it’s too early to tell if they will all land successfully,” said Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Center for Global Development and former senior U.S. Treasury official.
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CGD in the News
March 14, 2014
Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Center for Global Development, says there's no question Kim's changes are controversial.
"I think what you would find President Kim's critics and fans agree on is that he is a disruptive force in the organization," says Morris, a forme...
Blog Post
March 12, 2014
Benn Steil and Dinah Walker have a baffling post up on the Council on Foreign Relations website, calling out Treasury Secretary Lew for making the factual statement that congressional passage of IMF quota reform “would support the fund’s capacity to lend additional resources to Ukra...
Blog Post
March 11, 2014
My guest on the Wonkcast this week is Scott Morris, a senior associate here at CGD and former deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury, where he oversaw US ties with the multilateral development banks.
Scott recently led a study group of CGD colleagues and outside experts that reviewed G-20 ef...
CGD in the News
March 07, 2014
Sometimes a crisis can usefully clarify things. So it is that events in Ukraine have given new focus to the Obama administration's long frustrated efforts to get Congress to approve the 2010 IMF quota reform.
The package has been stalled on the Hill for many months, suffering from the inabili...