Development Finance

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How to Enhance Regional Cooperation in the Social Sector: Insights from a Regional Development Bank
November 24, 2020
COVID-19 has highlighted the ways that global public goods play an increasingly important role in the world, in both negative and positive ways. It’s increasingly clear that many of the biggest challenges nations face—and the solutions—won’t be restricted to one nation’s borders. The need for region...
CGD NOTES
Bargaining with Beijing: A Tale of Two Borrowers
November 18, 2020
We examine the behavior of Chinese government lenders in two debt rescheduling episodes: a “low stakes” case involving Seychelles and a “high stakes” case involving the Republic of Congo. The fact that the Republic of Congo was worse off after rescheduling its debts with Beijing underscores the impo...
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Use First-Ever “Finance in Common Summit” to Propel Global Action for COVID-19 Recovery
November 05, 2020
The only way to scale up the global financial response to meet the imminent needs of developing countries is by using all parts of the development finance system—and by making it work much more effectively as a system. This means the global multilateral institutions, of course, but it also includes ...
CGD NOTES
Mismeasuring ODA—How Risky Actually Are Aid Loans?
November 05, 2020
This note explores what happens to the value of ODA loans if more realistic discount rates are chosen. In short, the value of ODA loans falls by over a half.
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DFIs’ Approach to Gender Lens Investing: Reflections from Research and Practice
October 22, 2020
Andia Chakava, Investment Director at the Graça Machel Trust, joined our launch event to share her reflections on the survey’s formulation and findings. Here we further unpack reactions to the survey’s findings, place them within the broader context of the private investment landscape, and highlight...
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The Problem Isn’t that Chinese Lending Is Too Big, It’s that the US and Europe’s Is Too Small
October 19, 2020
As the possibility of a new Cold War between the US and China gains traction in some foreign policy circles, the scale of Chinese development finance has taken center stage. A closer examination suggests the cost to China of this lending is distinctly underwhelming. It would be cheap for the US and ...
CGD NOTES
Empathy and Client Relationships in Development Finance
October 15, 2020
Development finance is multifaceted, but empathy is a rarely discussed characteristic of the relationship between providers and clients. Sir Suma Chakrabarti and Hannah Brown argue this should be more of a consideration for DFIs.