Devex @ World Bank-IMF: Spring meetings takeaways
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are trying to evolve and prove they are fit for purpose, but the jury is out on just how far that evolution process has gone. While numerous announcement...
23 Apr 202428min
Devex @ World Bank-IMF: The skinny on World Bank plans to harness private capital
How can the World Bank play a role in attracting more private capital to address development and climate needs?That is a challenge that World Bank President Ajay Banga has prioritized and was a key di...
22 Apr 202427min
How can the World Bank be a better partner in global development?
This week we are closely following the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings taking place in Washington, D.C. From having a capital increase to provide funding for the world's lo...
19 Apr 202443min
Devex @ World Bank-IMF: Unpacking World Bank reforms: Progress and path forward
The World Bank is about 18 months into its efforts to reform the institution in response to shareholder demands and changing global needs. From stretching its existing funding to attracting more priva...
15 Apr 202425min
Israel's attempt to dismantle UNRWA, and USAID's localization spending
As the war in Gaza stretches past the six-month mark, this week we had an exclusive story on Israel’s efforts to disrupt and dismantle UNRWA, the United Nations agency leading the humanitarian respons...
11 Apr 202436min
USAID's spending plan and reforming the Inter-American Development Bank
Last week, we launched Roots of Change, a Devex series on locally led development, which explores how the localization agenda can be elevated from rhetoric to reality. We have been following the discu...
4 Apr 202431min
A new localization legislation, and the 'severe' risk to UK aid
This week, we reported that at the Employees at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems — a 37-year-old pro-democracy organization based outside Washington, D.C. — employees formed a new st...
28 Mar 202434min
Is it business as usual as USAID issues its latest $5 billion contract?
Last week, USAID unveiled its latest $5 billion global health supply contract, part of its NextGen suite of contracts. Worth $17 billion in total, it’s the largest suite of foreign aid contracts ever ...
22 Mar 202439min
