Development Financing

Construction workers direct a crane at the Radisson hotel site in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, September 12, 2015. From Abidjan’s packed airport arrivals hall to the buildings mushrooming across the capital, Ivory Coast is booming, a rare African bright spot as the world’s biggest cocoa producer bounces back from a 2011 civil war. Buyers of luxury apartments include Ivorians living overseas, while promoters from Morocco, Turkey and China are attracted by tax breaks. Elections - the source of national unrest four years ago - are due in a month but there is no let-up in investment given expectations of an easy victory for incumbent Alassane Ouattara. The government predicts 9.6 percent growth this year, making the former French colony the standout performer on a continent hammered by a slump in commodity prices, capital outflows and tumbling currencies. REUTERS/Joe PenneyPICTURE 14 OF 33 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "IVORY COAST IS BOOMING". SEARCH "BOOMING PENNEY" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000219116

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Private investment trends in sub-Saharan Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, May 17, 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

Future Development

Will a capital increase mean a greater global role for the World Bank?

Johannes F. Linn

Monday, May 14, 2018

Workers load humanitarian aid onto a truck before it is sent to Lebanon from Amman, Jordan August 31, 2006. The United States, through the Agency for International Developments (USAID), donated 700 metric tons of wheat to the World Food Program for immediate release and transport to Lebanon, according to the U.S. embassy in Amman. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN) - GM1DTJYEBNAA

Development Financing

Testimony on modernizing development finance

George Ingram

Friday, May 11, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A member of the ground crew directs an Ethiopian Airlines plane at the Bole International Airport in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo - RC159E9D1C00

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: East Africa continues to integrate, Ethiopian Airlines scales up, and AIIB expands

Dhruv Gandhi

Friday, May 11, 2018

Reports

Developing Economies

Réévaluation des partenariats mondiaux de l’Afrique

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Friday, April 27, 2018

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

Developing Economies

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Developing Economies

Sustainable financing for economic development

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Development Financing

Who funds which multilateral organizations?

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Blog Posts

Stockbrokers trade on the floor of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in Harare, February 24, 2015. ZSE on Monday lifted the suspension of hotel group Meikles Africa after the company threatened to take court action, shelve new investment and a possible listing of a subsidiary. Meikles, which owns two premier hotels in the capital Harare and the resort town of Victoria Falls, was suspended last week to allow for an investigation on whether it overstated a debt owed by the central bank. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EB2O1NNF01

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Africa’s changing debt structure

Mariama Sow

Thursday, April 26, 2018

An oil well oozes crude oil after it was hit by a shrapnel from a bomb dropped by fighter jets at the El Nar oil field in South Sudan's Unity State, March 3, 2012. South Sudan accused Khartoum of bombing two oil wells in the north of the new nation and moving troops and weaponry close to an army base near the poorly defined border. A Sudanese official denied the allegations. Relations between Sudan and the South have deteriorated in recent months as talks about border disputes and oil transportation fees have floundered, causing the South to shut down oil production. REUTERS/Hereward Holland (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENERGY SOCIETY) - GM1E83407J001

Future Development

Low-income country debt: Déjà vu all over again?

Shanta Devarajan

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Up Front

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

Prerna Sharma

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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Events

2018

Apr

Past Event

A new EIB bond product in support of the Global Goals: Building a sustainable financial system

8:45 AM - 10:40 AM EDT

Roundtable Discussion | Non-performing Assets (NPAs) in India

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IST

Webinar: Impact bonds for health

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Online only

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Related Books

Catalyzing Development

Edited by Homi Kharas, Koji Makino, and Woojin Jung

2011

The Politics of Protection

By Elizabeth G. Ferris

2011

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 1998

Edited by Robert E. Litan and Anthony M. Santomero

2010

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Multimedia

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

Africa in focus

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Development Financing

Figures of the week: Private investment trends in sub-Saharan Africa

Will a capital increase mean a greater global role for the World Bank?

Testimony on modernizing development finance

Africa in the news: East Africa continues to integrate, Ethiopian Airlines scales up, and AIIB expands

Reports

Réévaluation des partenariats mondiaux de l’Afrique

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

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Sustainable financing for economic development

Who funds which multilateral organizations?

Blog Posts

Figures of the week: Africa’s changing debt structure

Low-income country debt: Déjà vu all over again?

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

Events

A new EIB bond product in support of the Global Goals: Building a sustainable financial system

Roundtable Discussion | Non-performing Assets (NPAs) in India

Webinar: Impact bonds for health

Related Books

Catalyzing Development

The Politics of Protection

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 1998

Multimedia

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

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

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