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Are we really paying for results in global health? ๐ฉบ
New CGD analysis of 46 @WorldBankGroup health projects finds fewer than 2% of funding-linked indicators measure health outcomes.
@JocilynEstes and Rosie Eldridge explore lessons for US health financing.
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Back in the 1960s, the US did $9bn in sovereign lending a year. That died out in the 1980s. Time to bring it back. From a new paper by Clemence Landers Justin Hurley and Erin Collinson.
Do trust and aid transparency still matter?
Join CGD and @aidtransparency on November 4 for the launch of the 2026 Aid Transparency Index, featuring a keynote by @AfDB_Group President Dr. Sidi Ould Tah.
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๐ข ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ | ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐
Building on the Triple Agenda report, the 2024 G20 Roadmap set out 13 recommendations for bigger, better, and more effective multilateral development banks. This report asks how far the MDBs have delivered, and how far they still have to go.
A joint publication of @CGDev, @ODI_Global, and ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ, authored by Dr. Homi Kharas and @MasoodA_, it finds the MDB response has been broad-based and, by past standards, close to dramatic: expanded balance-sheet headroom while preserving credit ratings, record private mobilisation, and more joint working as a system, with some lending timelines cut from 19 months to 9.
Yet it still falls short of what 2026 demands. Commitments have grown just 1% a year in real terms since 2000, much of the new headroom remains unused, and private mobilisation has fallen in low-income countries, even as developing economies face slowing growth and rising vulnerability. The report makes the case for an urgent push on sustainable infrastructure and human capital.
๐ Read the report: icrier.org/publications/moreโฆ
#MultilateralDevelopmentBanks #MDBs #DevelopmentFinance #G20 #ICRIER
Could sovereign loans help US foreign aid go further?
@ClemenceLanders, @e_collinson, and @justinrhurley's new proposal makes the case for a small, transparent US lending pilot.
cgdev.org/publication/restocโฆ
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1/ The US hasn't made a sovereign loan since 1988. In a new @CGDev paper with @e_collinson and @justinrhurley , we argue it's time to bring that tool back. ๐งต
Restocking the Toolkit: The Case for US Concessional Sovereign Loans | Center For Global Development
Could carbon markets help close the energy financing gap in developing countries?
Philip Mann and @JB_climate_econ explore how UN carbon credits could support clean cooking, electricity access, and energy transitions.
cgdev.org/publication/carbonโฆ
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The @WorldBankGroupโs Human Capital Project network brings together 100+ economies committed to investing in people.
As we work to educate and skill 500 million people by 2030, Gabriel Demombynes discusses with Rachel Glennerster why skills matter for jobs and growth. #SkillUp
How can countries invest more effectively in skills for jobs? ๐ง ๐ผ
At the #WBGMeetings, @rglenner spoke with Gabriel Demombynes of the @WorldBankGroup about how the new Global Advisory Panel on Skills (GAPS) can help governments turn evidence into action.
Learn more: cgdev.org/GAPS
What's holding back #renewableenergy investment in #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean? ๐
New CGD and @the_IDB research explores regulatory and financing barriers, and what the findings mean for policies to unlock private investment.
cgdev.org/publication/investโฆ
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From new paper by Cathy Pattillo: We're approaching historical highs for the proportion of the world's poorest countries transferring more to the IMF than the IMF transfers to them.
Low-income countries could soon repay more to the @IMFNews than they receive in new financing.
Catherine Pattillo examines why net flows are projected to turn negative by the end of the decade and how IMF lending policies could shape what comes next.
cgdev.org/publication/shift-โฆ
More than 250,000 schools across 17 countries sit within 5 km of known polluted sites.
For #LeadPoisoningPreventionWeek, we're highlighting @leecrawfurd's research on the risks to children's health and learning.
Explore the findings: cgdev.org/publication/schoolโฆ
Domestic debt restructuring can disrupt monetary policy and strain banking systems.
Drawing on 17 restructuring episodes and cases from #Jamaica ๐ฏ๐ฒ, #Barbados ๐ง๐ง, and #Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ, @usdas and @DavidAGrigorian examine the implications for economic recovery.
cgdev.org/publication/domestโฆ
#AI is advancing faster than traditional clinical trials can keep up.
@apmcdonnell explores how platform trials could help evaluate healthcare AI faster, reduce costs, and identify which innovations actually work.
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The National Health Authority (NHA) is conducting a two-day Cost Accounting Workshop on 14โ15 October 2026 in New Delhi, to strengthen capacity within NHA for hospital cost accounting.
Organised in collaboration with the Centre for Global Development @CGDev, the workshop
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The #EU ๐ช๐บ has committed โฌ22B to Central Asia through Global Gateway. How can these investments deliver more jobs?
@helen_dempster, @MartinRaiser, and Mauro Testaverde explore how linking infrastructure, skills training, and labor mobility could maximize impact.
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The World Bank is undergoing major restructuring, but what's driving the changes?
@charlesjkenny questions the lack of public explanations and declining transparency, calling for greater accountability.
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MDBs mobilize $108B in private finance annually, but is more capital enough?
@JZattler, Kathrin Berensmann, and @YabibalWalle argue that success must be measured beyond leverage ratios, with greater focus on development impact.
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How can countries invest more effectively in skills for jobs? ๐ง ๐ผ
At the #WBGMeetings, @rglenner spoke with Gabriel Demombynes of the @WorldBankGroup about how the new Global Advisory Panel on Skills (GAPS) can help governments turn evidence into action.
Learn more: cgdev.org/GAPS