Finance and Investment

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Blog Post
Merely Collecting More Taxes Is Not Enough to Achieve the SDGs
Sanjeev Gupta
July 17, 2018
In development circles these days, there is considerable emphasis on developing countries collecting more taxes domestically to help achieve the SDGs. But with this attention to domestic resource mobilization, we shouldn’t lose sight of a critical point: collecting more taxes will on...
CGD NOTES
Refugee Spending and the Macroeconomic Program in Jordan
Mark Plant
June 28, 2018
Even with international assistance, the cost of providing refuge to so many people has strained the budget of the Jordanian government. At the same time, international partners, notably the IMF, have been insisting that Jordan take actions to bring down government debt to “more sustainable lev...
Blog Post
SDG Arithmetic
Mark Plant
June 18, 2018
Some simple math on the financing of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs shows that the path ahead may be a steeper climb than initially thought. 
BRIEFS
The Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Michele de Nevers et al.
June 14, 2018
A proposal for a pay-for-performance mechanism to finance sustainable development goals and global public goods that maximizes the efficient use of public credit and builds on major technology breakthroughs for measuring results.
POLICY PAPERS
Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Governance Arrangements for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Michele de Nevers et al.
June 14, 2018
This paper outlines the proposed governance arrangements for the TFFF. The performance payments would be allocated as part of a global offer, available to all countries with extensive tropical forests that meet the performance standards.
WORKING PAPERS
Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Approach to Assessing Performance and Awarding Returns for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Michael Wolosin et al.
June 14, 2018
This paper explains proposed options for assessing performance and allocating returns to the TFFF to achieve these objectives.
POLICY PAPERS
Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Financing Strategy for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Kenneth Lay et al.
June 14, 2018
This paper outlines the proposed financing strategy for the pay-for-performance financing facility. The performance payments would be distributed as part of a global offer, available to all countries with extensive tropical forests.