A CGD blog. I have previously suggested that the current design of the $2.5 billion World Bank/IDA Private Sector Window (PSW) seemed an inefficient use of scarce aid resources, didn’t follow the World Bank’s own guidance on disclosure and design of subsidies to the private secto…
Charles Kenny
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Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
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I you want more babies, let in more women and help them work. For the Economist.
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Discussing Anand Giridharadas' idea for a boycott on accepting Saudi investment money, in Slate.
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Trump is in a shrinking minority. For the Economist.
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Where and to whom you are born in the United States are both hugely important to life chances. For the Economist.
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A CGD blog. IFC 3.0 is a welcome and important initiative for a development finance institution that in the past has been accused of putting profits before impact. But the IDA PSW instrument is a throwback to the old IFC opaque as well as inefficiently targeted on development results. Design…
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A CGD blog with Maya Forstater. Government contracts are worth trillions of dollars. Publishing contracting information is critical to enabling fair competition, allowing public scrutiny, and reducing opportunities for corruption. But when is it legitimate to redact commercially sensitive information from these documents?
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In one town the average age of death is 97; in another, it is 56. For the Economist.
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ID laws and other restrictions on voting don't lower voter fraud but they do disenfranchise minorities. For the Economist.
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In part because baby boomers have always been profligate. For the Economist.
