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  GDP Center Round-up: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

  By Samantha Igo As a record-breaking heat wave strains energy grids and risks public health across Europe, policymakers, activists and Read more

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  Investing in Climate and Development: The Evolving Role of the International Financial and Tax Architectures

  Addressing the intertwined challenges of climate change and growth in emerging and developing economies requires an urgent and unprecedented increase Read more

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  Are Multilateral Development Banks Big Enough, and How Can We Tell?

  By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary When governments met for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Read more

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  Multilateral Development Banks and Financing for Development: The Role of Resource Needs Reviews

  Multilateral development banks (MDBs) play a key role providing developing countries with affordable, long-term finance. In 2024, to help meet Read more

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  The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and Creating the Financial Foundations for a Sustainable People-Centered Global Economy

  Developing countries are facing dramatic debt and development crises where, to meet obligations to their external creditors, debt-distressed countries are Read more

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  Lighting Up Africa: Chinese Development Finance’s Impact on Energy Poverty

  By Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu Energy poverty remains a persistent and widespread development challenge across Africa, where more than Read more

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  Empowering Africa: The Impact of China’s Power Finance on Energy Poverty

  Energy poverty is a pervasive and persistent development issue in Africa. Despite the continent’s rich natural resources, the “resource curse” Read more

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  FAQs: What Can be Expected from the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development?

  By Tim Hirschel-Burns The highly anticipated Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) will take place from June 30 Read more