Opinion / #multilateral development bank
Policy & Finance
Financial inclusion must reach the last billion
With the globalisation engine no longer as powerful as it once was, economic growth alone is unlikely to eradicate poverty. One complementary approach is to bolster financial inclusion.
Policy & Finance
If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation
Weakening the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that have a large United States presence could present an opportunity for a little-known, relatively new Chinese-led international organisation like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Policy & Finance
Getting green investment where it’s needed most
Public development banks must spearhead a systemic overhaul of global finance to ensure climate funding reaches the most vulnerable and accelerates the green transition.
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia’s frustration with the state of climate finance
The financing gap is huge, but time is short. Given the inadequacy of a promised new climate finance goal, Southeast Asia should look beyond UN-led conferences to crowd in other sources of capital to tackle the climate crisis.
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Nature as infrastructure
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How to salvage COP28
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Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity
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The Global North must follow the Global South's lead
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What it will take to transform development finance
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The IMF's turn to lead on climate
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The World Bank in a new world
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