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The World Bank’s Empty Shaft Prospecting

The World Bank’s January Global Economic Prospects issued before the coronavirus surge found “marked deceleration” in global growth last year ...

The EBRD’s New Scaffolding Scrapes

The approaching 30th anniversary of the post-communist European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with a core democracy and private sector building ...

The World Bank’s Conflict Strategy Rifts

After extensive consultations over months with interested parties, the World Bank circulated a draft of its 5-year fragility, conflict and ...

Blended Finance’s Poor Country Swirl

Amid the ‘billions to trillions” hype over combining official and private finance to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for ...

The World Bank’s Morose Momentum Mooring

The World Bank’s June Global Economic Prospects, the first out under new President Malpass, underscores “weak momentum” into the second ...

Bretton Woods’ Golden Age Grasping

In the 75 year Bretton Woods institution history, both the Committee and emerging market investment field have also been in ...

The World Bank’s Sky Writing Scare

In its January Global Economic Prospects publication the World Bank, in transition to a new President, warns of “darkening skies” ...

Multilateral Development Banks’ Shifting Agenda Shortcuts

As the G-20 prepares to receive the findings of a high-level appointed group on the multilateral development banks’ future, think ...

The World Bank’s Circuitous Cyclical Bounce

The World Bank’s January Global Economic Prospects report was upbeat over immediate and medium-term developing world growth, with the average ...

The IMF’s Foregone America First Feud

A year into the Trump administration IMF watchers, as in a recent paper by the Canada-based Center for International Governance ...

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