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AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, alongside with European networks as European DFIs (Thanks to Proparco), The Practitioners' Network thanks to Expertise France) and #JEFIC (Thanks to AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺), is eagger to continue to deliver more impacts on the ground, in a Team Europe spirit, bearing in mind lessons learned 👀👇

Europe’s private sector should help deliver on the objectives of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy. Karim Karaki San Bilal & Jeske van Seters look at how the EU can best engage the private sector in its development policy and financial setup 👉bit.ly/3VzBKFo

Hedge funds holding up vital debt relief for crisis-hit Sri Lanka, warn economists theguardian.com/business/2023/…

The richest countries have been unable to deliver on their commitments to support developing countries with climate action. Can debt-for-climate swaps help move the debate from words to action? Karim Karaki analyses👉 bit.ly/3DODbrQ

Interesting piece by the IMF 👇 70-80% of vaccination inequality globally due to lack of access to vaccines, questioning the vaccine hesitancy narrative as highlighted by ONEAftershocks imf.org/en/Publication… Philomena Apiko San Bilal

The 36th African Union Summit is underway in Addis Ababa with 2023 to be Year of Accelerating AfCFTA Secretariat Official Implementation bit.ly/3xrUwnV That theme reflects much progress but also work ahead A 🧵 on 3 key areas for focus The Nelson Mandela School ECDPM 🔎 🌍 TradeMark Africa EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺

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World Bank reforms should contribute to linking climate and development together. The new Boston University Global Development Policy Center paper by Kevin P. Gallagher Rishikesh Ram Bhandary outlines how, based on 4 key principles. bu.edu/gdp/files/2023…

The success of the Global Gateway will depend on EU member states, and the capacity to mobilise a range of tools and policies, in a (geo)strategic way, to pursue sustainable development objectives and European interests. My colleague @ChloeTvan nicely highlights what this means

Our poly-crisis world has led to rising debts, threatening the sustainable recovery and development of many countries in the Global South. Debt swaps are praised as one of the innovative solutions. Karim Karaki and San Bilal discuss their limitations 👉bit.ly/3VMhDER

Next week! Join ECDPM Gatsby Africa and Solidaridad for our online event on 14 June 🧵Opportunities for circular textiles exports to the EU: The case of Kenya 🇰🇪 ⏰11:00 am CEST Register👉 bit.ly/3C99Bgx MinIandWEnglish EESC Sustainable Development_nat-eesc.bsky.social CircularDesignNrb Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy

While no solution to looming debt crisis, DEBT SWAPS can stimulate green/nature & SDG investment while reducing debt vulnerability as recently in Ecuador ecdpm.org/work/ecuadors-… With Karim Karaki ECDPM 🔎 🌍 we propose options to do debt swaps at scale ecdpm.org/work/upscaling…

The energy transition and the circular transition, two cornerstones of the European Green Deal, have mutually reinforcing effects. friendsofeurope.org/insights/criti… #FriendsOfEurope Alfonso Medinilla Jeske van Seters Nadia Ashraf Hanne Louise Knaepen Karim Karaki Poorva Karkare

As the DEVE Committee Press holds a public hearing on the debt crisis and debt relief for developing countries, we invite you to read Karim Karaki & San Bilal's paper on the potential of debt swaps to solve this problem 👉bit.ly/3VMhDER

The first ECDPM analysis published via our editorial partnership with PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 is now online! Read Karim Karaki and San Bilal's analysis of the efforts made to strengthen the EFAD, the hurdles to further cooperation and their recommendations for EU policymakers 👇👇

As Gabon finalises first debt-for-nature swap in Africa, read ECDPM 🔎 🌍 analysis by Karim Karaki & I on how the EU could more actively support debt swaps ecdpm.org/application/fi… ft.com/content/23c1c1…

African Union made permanent member of G20 at Delhi summit theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…

👏 Well said! In a recent commentary Francesco Rampa, San Bilal, Cecilia D'Alessandro & Karim Karaki argue that rechanneling and effectively implementing #SpecialDrawingRights, plus issuing new ones, needs to be part of creating sustainable food systems. 👉bit.ly/3sRNomg

On my way 2 DebtCon: Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research 2 discuss debt sustainability & investmt in an increasingly fragmented/warming world - #debtswaps #contingentdebtinstru etc. Addressing the sovg debt issue is urgent & is key 2 strengthen North-South relations ecdpm.org/work/eu-and-de…

Great dialogue moderated by ⁦San Bilal⁩ with Alvaro Lario⁩ ⁦Stefano Gatti⁩ of G7 Presidency , #G20 Presidency & many African Reps : many ways to boost public&private finance for #foodsystems, incl. Debt swaps & PublicDev Banks! ⁦ECDPM 🔎 🌍⁩ ⁦Ibrahim Mayaki⁩