A CGD blog. What impact do development finance institutions (DFIs) like the IFC have on actual development? Today, George Yang and I release a paper that tries to take a sectoral approach to impact: does an IFC electricity investment lead to more power production per capita in a country, or financing provided t…

A CGD blog with Ian Mitchell. This week, development ministers of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) come together for one of their occasional “high-level meetings.” Here’s what we think should be on the agenda.

A CGD blog with Vijaya Ramachandran. How gender balanced is the World Bank’s board?

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A CGD blog with Ian Mitchell. 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…

A CGD blog. The UK is about to merge development and diplomacy in a single department: the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about that, but CGD colleagues have pointed out some opportunities as well. One area where combining the talents of DFID and Foreig…

A CGD blog with Charles Kenny. We need to move forward-or backward-in what we expect development finance institutions (DFIs) to do in terms of financing private sector development in the world’s poorest countries.

A CGD blog with Prashant Yadav. Policy forged at pace and during extreme circumstances will often leave something wanting. We want more resilient supply chains, but we shouldn’t sacrifice the benefits that existing supply chains have created, nor should we needlessly penalize developing countries in the race for resilience.

A CGD blog. Over the last sixty years, we have seen many changes in what constitutes a “rich” country, but little difference in what counts as a poor country requiring significant development assistance. While donor status appears more closely tied to relative income, significant recipient status appears to hav…

A CGD blog with Charles Kenny. Philippe Le Houerou, the Chief Executive of the IFC has announced his intention to step down in September. His legacy will include a significant effort to focus the work of the corporation on development impact and the world’s poorest countries. Le Houerou has had some success. But a look…