Development Financing

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago speaks at IMFC joint press conference with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1983EAB0E0

How should official development assistance be allocated across countries?

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Friday, September 14, 2018

A Chinese construction engineer works at a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) at Emali in Kenya

Future Development

Will Chinese development projects pave the way to inclusive growth?

Bradley Parks

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the High-level Dialogue between Chinese and African Leaders and Business and Industry Representatives at the sixth China-Africa Entrepreneur Conference at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing, China September 3, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1C7518E350

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

Mariama Sow

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC14FFE63BA0

Africa in focus

China’s 2018 financial commitments to Africa: Adjustment and recalibration

Yun Sun

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Reports

A labourer walks along a Metro-line construction in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa February 7, 2015. Chinese workers mingle with Ethiopians putting the finishing touches to a city metro line that cuts through Addis Ababa, one of a series of grand state infrastructure projects that Ethiopia hopes will help it mimic Asia's industrial rise.To match Insight ETHIOPIA-ECONOMY/. Picture taken February 7, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CITYSCAPE) - GM1EB281I6C01

Development Financing

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

Rob Floyd, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Jann Lay, Rainer Thiele, and Jing Gu

Monday, August 13, 2018

A U.S. Marine stands on top of boxes containing tent material from U.S. relief organisation USAid, as he and Philippine soldiers prepare the load to be deployed by airlift by U.S. military to victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at Manila airport November 13, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials had feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - GM1E9BD0WA102

Development Financing

Development finance: Filling today’s funding gap

George Ingram and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Economic Development

Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

Rakesh Mohan and Partha Ray

Friday, June 22, 2018

Developing Economies

Réévaluation des partenariats mondiaux de l’Afrique

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Friday, April 27, 2018

An atrium is seen at the World Bank headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1A8C4E8F00

Developing Economies

The new global agenda and the future of the multilateral development bank system

Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, Mark Plant, and Annalisa Prizzon

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Blog Posts

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1D0C9E7900

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Victoria Elikana

Saturday, September 1, 2018

A customer is served at the teller counter inside the banking hall at Kenya's Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - S1AETMWQMVAB

Africa in focus

Giving credit to Africa’s financial markets and why we need to step up reform

Mark Napier

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Kenya Railways attendants prepare to receive a train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government as it arrives at the Nairobi Terminus in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13462847E0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Trends and determinants in Chinese FDI in Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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Events

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What can we learn from the results of the world’s first development impact bond in education?

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Blending climate finance for low-carbon infrastructure

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Tiffin Talks @ Brookings India | What is the state of Aadhaar?

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Up Front

Is inflation dead? Development Seminar challenges conventional wisdom on declining inflation prices

Prerna Sharma

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Africa in focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A U.S. Army Marines helicopter is loaded with goods from U.S.relief organization U.S. Aid to be deployed to survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan at Tacloban airport November 17, 2013. The Philippine and U.S. Air Forces are flying rice, clothes and drinking water into remote areas of the central Philippines, which are unreachable by vehicles. A massive relief effort is finally kicking into gear, nine days after one of the most powerful typhoons on record wreaked havoc across the impoverished area in the central Philippines with monster winds and a deadly storm surge of sea water. Philippine authorities and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY) - RTX15GU3

Unpacked

Myths about U.S. foreign aid

George Ingram

Friday, April 7, 2017

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Development Financing

How should official development assistance be allocated across countries?

Will Chinese development projects pave the way to inclusive growth?

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

China’s 2018 financial commitments to Africa: Adjustment and recalibration

Reports

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

Development finance: Filling today’s funding gap

Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

Réévaluation des partenariats mondiaux de l’Afrique

The new global agenda and the future of the multilateral development bank system

Blog Posts

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Giving credit to Africa’s financial markets and why we need to step up reform

Figures of the week: Trends and determinants in Chinese FDI in Africa

Events

What can we learn from the results of the world’s first development impact bond in education?

Blending climate finance for low-carbon infrastructure

Tiffin Talks @ Brookings India | What is the state of Aadhaar?

Related Books

Catalyzing Development

The Politics of Protection

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 1998

Multimedia

Is inflation dead? Development Seminar challenges conventional wisdom on declining inflation prices

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Myths about U.S. foreign aid

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