In this article, I discuss IMF missions and their role in national policy making. IMF Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org Boston University Global Development Policy Center University of Pretoria Bank Information Center Afronomicslaw OSISA When the IMF comes to town: why they visit and what to watch out for theconversation.com/when-the-imf-c… via The Conversation Africa

Annulation de la dette chinoise : qui sont les créanciers de l’Afrique ? 👉 Pékin vient d’annoncer l'annulation de prêts accordés à 17 États du continent. 👉 État des lieux des pays débiteurs, en infographies. Par @marie_tlmd #Chine #Afrique ow.ly/6BgR50KrTZz

#MDBs keep $1 trillion+ in reserve called callable capital to cover risk of defaults. But countries hardly ever default. The risk of this is much lower than when commercial banks make loans, says Chris Humphrey. Read his reflections on the #G20 report 👉 odi.org/en/insights/hi…

How coordination between the roles & activities of 🇪🇺 ​donors, implementing agencies & DFIs/PDBs can best be articulated & ​implemented in practice❓ Read our ​note with insights from 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧, European Investment Bank & The EBRD cases bit.ly/3QUQ1cH 🤲With the support of The Practitioners' Network

Want to know about Team Europe, how it’s doing and what it can do (better)? Read ECDPM 🔎 🌍 paper by Alexei Jones & Katja van der Meer bit.ly/3xynkeI

Jon Lee Anderson profiles the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, whose quest to transform his country into a modern state has resulted in both a Nobel Peace Prize and a humanitarian crisis. nyer.cm/yHO1X9q

In our new article, we untangle the complex web that is the European Union development finance architecture in the European Foreign Affairs Review. Jan Orbie @MattVermeiren Read here: bit.ly/3UZgB7E & A (visual) sneak peek below 👇

As the #FinanceInCommon2022 Summit kicks off today in Abidjan, #ResearchConf papers discussed yesterday all accessible here: financeincommon.org/publications?p… with a few more IDDRI and ETTG_EU contributions on these topics: ▶iddri.org/fr/publication… ▶ettg.eu/category/publi…

I hope everyone caught what Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: there are numerous conflict areas & actors in #Ethiopia. This agreement doesn’t cover all. COH = stop fighting in #Tigray/North Ethiopia. This isn’t ceasefire, political settlement, or national dialogue. The road is long.

Here is the text of the statement read out by Redwan Hussien and Getachew K Reda. This is the joint statement, not the full agreement. #Ethiopia #Tigray

The global distributive politics of climate adaptation & mitigation isn’t and will continue to not be kind to low-income countries. African development in an era of climate change: open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo/p…

“A new focus on MICs (especially if done by using already limited concessional resources) is at risk of further fuelling a “great divergence” at the expense of operations conducted in LICs where the needs are acute”

Ahead of the IMF/World spring mtgs, it’s critical to hear from African govs on their needs on financial architecture reform. This short video from ECA highlights African ministers’ calls for a reformed global financial architecture youtu.be/jqnzhT6izWU via YouTube

The summit "for a new global financial pact" organized in Paris next June will be a key milestone in the reform of international financial institutions, as will the traditional World Bank/IMF #SpringMeetings. IDDRI presents several analyses on this crucial issue 🧵👇

A brief, but informative political economy analysis of the conflict in #Sudan by Harry Verhoeven, outlining a range of structural & economic drivers behind the outbreak of violence. energypolicy.columbia.edu/qa-the-politic…

The Summit for a #NewGlobalFinancingPact starts tomorrow! Here are our thoughts on what we can expect from it, to ensure that this key moment is effective and leads to real global change.🧵👇1/9

Certains s’interrogent sur le pourquoi du ressentiments des populations du Niger à l’égard de la France. Une partie de ses raisons se trouve dans la violence de l’occupation coloniale dans cette région. Comprendre cette histoire est aujourd’hui nécessaire liseuse-hachette.fr/?ean=978221371…