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Blog Post
October 13, 2023
I've rarely been lost for words at the outset of these links, but watching the news these days really is taking my breath completely away. I don't think I can adequately articulate my feelings, or adequately comprehend how it must feel, so I will not try to write anything here beyond that. It feels ...
Blog Post
October 13, 2023
In fundamental ways, this era differs from the final decades of the last century. Climate change has set many parts of the world on fire and sharply raised risks from underinvestment in mitigation, adaptation and resilience (both climate and health). War on a large scale has returned to Europe, re-e...
CGD NOTES
October 13, 2023
A world on fire requires the multilateral development banks to be at center stage in creating an effective response and bringing diverse actors to support a shared agenda of transformative development. MDBs have a distinctive comparative advantage in playing a catalytic role in fostering government ...
WORKING PAPERS
October 13, 2023
School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) includes sexual, physical, or psychological violence occurring in and around schools often perpetrated by teachers or peers. This systematic review focuses on studies from high-, middle-, and low-income countries comparing how data collection methodologie...
POLICY PAPERS
October 12, 2023
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which offers investors and bankers political risk insurance and guarantees against non-payment by governments and state-owned enterprises, should feature heavily in the private sector reform agenda. We offer recommendations that would enable MIGA ...
Blog Post
October 12, 2023
As shareholders move forward with the World Bank’s Evolution Roadmap, they should take a closer look at the Multilateral Insurance Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and its potential to help advance the private sector agenda which has so far failed to deliver. The current version of the Roadmap includes opti...
Blog Post
October 12, 2023
As the World Bank and IMF meetings wrap up in Morocco, hopes for an imminent revolution in multilateral finance look forlorn. A dollar of capital can support five dollars of lending at the IBRD and the costs of subsidized finance for the poorest countries through IDA are shared amongst more than fif...