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CGD NOTES
How Might an SDR Allocation Be Better Tailored to Support Low-Income Countries?
David Andrews
February 04, 2021
Since Covid-19 emerged there have been numerous calls for an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) as part of a broader effort to assist low-income countries (LICs) in dealing with the fallout from the pandemic. So far, these calls have been thwarted by political opposition from some of the IM...
Blog Post
Why Does DFC Want to Pay Off Ecuador’s Chinese Creditors?
Clemence Landers et al.
January 19, 2021
Last week DFC announced that it signed a framework agreement with the government of Ecuador to refinance up to $3.5 billion of the country’s external debt to China. In exchange, according to reporting by the Financial Times, the Ecuadorian government will commit to exclude Chinese companies from its...
Blog Post
Looking Back, Looking Ahead, but First, Wishing You a Happy Holiday and New Year
Sean Bartlett
December 23, 2020
From our CGD family to you and yours, we wish you a happy holiday season and a healthier and happier 2021. And, let me offer an enthusiastic farewell to 2020.
Blog Post
Strategic Reset: How Bilateral Development Agencies Are Changing in the COVID-19 Era
Mikaela Gavas
December 08, 2020
Development agencies have some hard choices ahead. COVID-19, overlaid on existing global challenges, is the biggest stress test that official bilateral development agencies have ever faced. With alarming speed, the pandemic has delivered a global economic shock of enormous magnitude resulting in the...
Blog Post
Sustaining Low-Income Countries’ Progress Towards the SDGs in a Post-COVID 19 World: What is Achievable?
Mark Plant
and
Sudhir Shetty
November 30, 2020
Following on from the “Financing Low-Income Countries: Towards Realistic Aspirations and Concrete Actions in a Post-COVID World" conference in October, Mark Plant and Sudhir Shetty outline some of the key themes discussed at the conference. 
POLICY PAPERS
Accelerating Progress of Low-Income Countries Towards the SDGs: Balancing Realism and Ambition in a Post-COVID-19 World
Sudhir Shetty
November 30, 2020
The world is in the throes of a health, economic, and social crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Slower global growth has significantly worsened the economic prospects for all countries, including the poorest ones. Low-income countries (LICs) are also finding it more difficult to service their exte...
CGD NOTES
Technology and Empathy in the COVID-19 Era
Sir Suma Chakrabarti
and
Hannah Brown
November 30, 2020
In a recent CGD note, “Empathy and Client Relationships in Development Finance,” we emphasised the importance of development finance institutions (DFIs) investing in face-to-face contact and dialogue with their clients to build the empathetic relationships needed to deliver development outcomes. But...