Coal or No Coal? A Burning Question for the World Bank
Coal or No Coal? A Burning Question for the World Bank7/10/13Over the past few months, quite a bit of high-level rhetoric has surrounded World Bank funding of coal projects in developing countries. On...
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Thinking Through When the World Bank Should Fund Coal Projects
Thinking Through When the World Bank Should Fund Coal Projects7/12/13The World Bank should be ambitious in working toward clean energy approaches in its development strategies, but it would be a...
View ArticleWorld Bank approves landmark coal restrictions (Climate Wire)
Scott Morris is quoted in a Climate Wire article on the World Bank's new energy policy.
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Verging on Merging at the Inter-American Development Bank
Verging on Merging at the Inter-American Development Bank9/30/13The spotlight may be on Jim Kim’s new strategy for the World Bank this year, but Luis Alberto Moreno is busy pursuing an overhaul of his...
View ArticleWe May Be Shut Down, but the World Keeps Working
We May Be Shut Down, but the World Keeps Working10/4/13What happens when the biggest player in global economic policy circles shuts itself down?
View ArticleWhat (Some of) You Can Do About the US Debt-Limit Crisis
What (Some of) You Can Do About the US Debt-Limit Crisis10/11/13Hey international community, so you’re feeling helpless as you watch the debt limit crisis unfold in Washington? Here’s something you can...
View ArticleUnited States Shutdown Makes an Easy Target, as Diplomats Gather in...
CGD Senior Fellow Scott Morris's blog about the World Bank is quoted in the Washington Post.
View ArticleFrom Sea Turtles to Lightbulbs, World Bank's Crisis Response May Have Run off...
CGD Senior Fellow Scott Morris's World Bank blog is quoted in the Washington Post.
View ArticleThe Paris Club is Trying to Be Less Clubby, and Maybe Just in Time
The Paris Club is Trying to Be Less Clubby, and Maybe Just in Time10/30/13The G20 took the extraordinary step last week of joining a meeting of the Paris Club, the informal forum where 19 member...
View ArticleIs the US Announcement on Coal a Major Policy Shift? Not So Much
Is the US Announcement on Coal a Major Policy Shift? Not So Much11/1/13Is the US taking a more restrictive stance toward coal projects in the multilateral development banks (MDBs)? Certainly, this...
View ArticleOne Way Not to Leave Global Fund Money on the Table
One Way Not to Leave Global Fund Money on the Table12/4/13President Obama earlier this week made a last minute appeal to donors to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Offering a US...
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Shaking Up the Donor Shakedown at the World Bank
Shaking Up the Donor Shakedown at the World Bank1/7/14The World Bank should declare the IDA-17 replenishment its last and move to replace it with a broader bank resource review. Sticking with the...
View ArticleShaking Up the Donor Shakedown at the World Bank
Shaking Up the Donor Shakedown at the World Bank1/8/14The World Bank just successfully raised $52 billion for the International Development Association (IDA). What better way to build on that success...
View ArticleObama Administration: “Power Africa!” Congress: “But Forget about Hydro.”
Obama Administration: “Power Africa!” Congress: “But Forget about Hydro.”1/15/14In a few days, the US government will move to officially oppose any and all large hydroelectric projects funded by the...
View ArticleSOTU 2014: The Developmentista Edition
SOTU 2014: The Developmentista Edition1/27/14This is a joint post with Erin Collinson.President Obama will deliver his 2014 State of the Union speech Tuesday, January 28. We polled CGD experts to find...
View ArticleAs the World Bank’s Capital Goes, So Goes the Bank… or So Say Two New CGD Papers
As the World Bank’s Capital Goes, So Goes the Bank… or So Say Two New CGD Papers1/31/14What are the chances that you would have not one, but two opportunities to contemplate the World Bank’s capital...
View ArticleFive Ways to Breathe New Life into the G-20 Infrastructure Agenda
Five Ways to Breathe New Life into the G-20 Infrastructure Agenda2/7/14This is a joint post with Madeleine Gleave. The Australians are using their G-20 presidency to make a fresh start with the group’s...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Regionals
The Rise of the Regionals 2/20/14Lost in all of the noise of the post-Lehman crisis response was an important structural shift in the international development landscape: a much bigger footprint for...
View ArticleWill Mr. Putin Drive Congress into the Arms of the IMF? (The Hill)
Sometimes a crisis can usefully clarify things. So it is that events in Ukraine have given new focus to the Obama administration's long frustrated efforts to get Congress to approve the 2010 IMF quota...
View ArticleReviving the G-20 Infrastructure Agenda – Scott Morris
Reviving the G-20 Infrastructure Agenda – Scott Morris3/11/14My guest on the Wonkcast this week is Scott Morris, a senior associate here at CGD and former deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury,...
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