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Blog Post
February 21, 2023
The IMF’s new Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) is now up and running, with the first countries receiving commitments of financial support. But if lending from the RST is to achieve its objectives, the IMF should take a radically different approach in applying conditions to the loans.
CGD NOTES
February 07, 2023
It is well understood that the same amount of aid makes a bigger difference to peoples’ lives when their incomes are lower. And Development Minister Andrew Mitchell has rightly emphasised a “focus on the poorest and most vulnerable” in the UK’s development activities. With significant cuts to the UK...
Feb
1
2023
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:00 AM ET
January 24, 2023
During this one-hour event hosted by the Center for Global Development, Courtenay Cabot Venton, Founder of the Share Trust and lead author of the study, will present the findings from the analysis and discuss the implications for the aid sector with other leading experts. We will be joined by Naomi ...
CGD NOTES
January 17, 2023
This CGD note summarizes the implications of the macroeconomic context and broader financing outlook for domestic and external health spending and proposes a “menu” of policy options to keep health spending on track and blunt negative impacts on health systems and population health around the world.
Blog Post
January 13, 2023
The new year has hardly begun, but fears of a looming recession persist. Pandemic-era increases in health spending are unlikely to continue in low- and middle-income countries. Growing fiscal pressures—such as high debt, increasing interest rates, and declining foreign aid and revenues—bode ominous...
Feb
8
2023
11:00—12:00 PM GMT | 6:00 - 7:00am ET
January 12, 2023
Preet Gill, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Sir Mark Lowcock, former UN “Relief Chief”; the Department For International Development (DFID)’s longest serving Permanent Secretary; and current Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development will discuss what the future h...
Blog Post
January 10, 2023
At COP27 last November, the parties agreed to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. Governments also agreed to establish a “transitional committee” to make recommendations on how to operationalize both the new funding arrangements and the fund at C...
Blog Post
January 09, 2023
The past year was tumultuous for SDRs, but we’ve now managed to decipher the annual report and extract the must-knows to help you have a more enjoyable experience when you read it! The report covers the first year after the historic allocation of SDR 456 billion ($650 billion) in August 2021 and pro...