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Avinash Persaud

@avinashpersau15

Career spanning finance, public policy and academia.

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"biggest problem facing developing nations is the cost of capital." - Avinash Persaud "Borrowing money for projects in developing countries is two to three times more expensive than in wealthy nations. This has a dampening effect on climate projects." cgdev.org/sites/default/…

"biggest problem facing developing nations is the cost of capital." - Avinash Persaud

"Borrowing money for projects in developing countries is two to three times more expensive than in wealthy nations. This has a dampening effect on climate projects."
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America’s Osage want you to know their story doesn’t end with Killers of the Flower Moon gregpalast.com/americas-osage…

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Lakshmi Persaud, novelist who chronicled the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean – obituary telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/202…

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A critical innovation to unblock the flow of private capital to developing countries, backed by a $1bn IDB credit line. reuters.com/world/americas…

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Talking about the new IDB-backed Brazil FX Hedge Platform to unblock foreign investment in eco-projects with Treasury Secretary Ceron and Sir Alok at SĆ£o Paulo’s G20 meeting. nasdaq.com/articles/brazi…

Talking about the new IDB-backed Brazil FX Hedge Platform to unblock foreign investment in eco-projects with Treasury Secretary Ceron and Sir Alok at SĆ£o Paulo’s G20 meeting. nasdaq.com/articles/brazi…
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Warwick Economics Lecture with Avinash Persaud warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econom… 'Reforming international finance to turbocharge the energy transition: introducing the FX guarantee mechanism for eco-investments in fast-growing economies', with Avinash Persaud.

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Presentation by the Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank Avinash Persaud, in panel on partnerships for climate action in the Permanent Council on Earth Day

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My informal presentation to the International Development Economic Conference at Amherst last week, on how to supercharge international investment in the green transition in developing countries. youtu.be/9B0v7AQt_9U?si…

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Development bankers tend to blame emerging markets’ high cost of capital on bad data bad institutions bad contracts bad rule of law But what if project costs are higher because those countries don’t issue reserve currencies? My story: on.ft.com/3SCnJY2

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Honored to speak United Nations's #Summitofthefuture where the Pact for the Future has been approved. As the world faces a pivotal moment, it is up to us to lead, step forward, take responsibility, and act. #MDBs are working together like never before to tackle the world’s biggest

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ā€œThe politics of sending money abroad to foreigners is so difficult that it has led to a fertile ground for [the] creation of magical solutions,ā€ says Avinash Persaud, special adviser on climate change, Inter-American Development Bank, on this week’s episode of Zero