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Making IDA21 Work for Africa
A successful replenishment of IDA requires individual and collective efforts from the World Bank Group,...
Making Africa’s credit ratings more objective
In recent decades, the financing for development landscape has changed dramatically, with aid flows declining...
What would effective credit ratings reform for Africa look like?
Since the dawn of the new millennium, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital...
Africa’s Development Dilemma: Why Public-Private Partnerships Aren’t Meeting Expectations
Africa faces serious infrastructure gaps as over 600 million people are estimated to lack access...
Can blended finance be the catalyst for financial inclusion in Africa?
The robustness of African ingenuity can be witnessed in the many Small and Medium Enterprises...
What Africa can gain from historic G20 membership
After years of lengthy negotiations and aggressive lobbying, the African Union has been admitted to...
What Did the Paris Summit Deliver for Africa and What’s Next?
Africa continues to face daunting challenges arising notably from high indebtedness, inflationary pressures, financing shortages,...
Why financial inclusion still matters to Africa
Financial exclusion is hurting Africa’s prosperity hopes. Currently, 40% of the continent’s population remains unbanked,...
