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Bitesize Business Breakfast: More companies in RAK’s Economic Zone
April 10, 2023RAK Economic Zone saw the number of new companies signing up more than double in Q1. Ramy Jallad joined us to explain what's driving up the numbers. Plus, as the UAE Minister of State for Finance Mohamed Al Hussaini heads to Washington for the IMF Spring Meeting, we ask Masood Ahmed about the UAE's role in the meeting. And, we discuss more flights between UAE and Canada with John Gradek of McGill University.
What Does World Bank Success Look Like?
April 10, 2023This blog is one in a series by experts across the Center for Global Development ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Each post in the series will put forward a tangible policy “win” for the World Bank or the broader MDB system that the author would like to see emerge from the Spring Meetings. Read the other posts in the series, and stay tuned for more. On the face of it, the case for a general capital increase for the World Bank should be obvious and urgent in our age of the polycrisis. [...]
The Future of IDA: How Does Gender Equality Factor In?
April 10, 2023This blog is one in a series by experts across the Center for Global Development ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Each post in the series will put forward a tangible policy “win” for the World Bank or the broader MDB system that the author would like to see emerge from the Spring Meetings. Read the other posts in the series, and stay tuned for more. The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) is the largest source of concessional loans and grants for the world’s poorest countries. Its financing, if well-deployed, will continue [...]
When It Comes to World Bank Reform, April Will Be Disappointing. But that Shouldn’t Be the End of the Story.
April 5, 2023This blog is one in a series by experts across the Center for Global Development ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Each post in the series will put forward a tangible policy “win” for the World Bank or the broader MDB system that the author would like to see emerge from the Spring Meetings. Read the other posts in the series, and stay tuned for more. Reform of the World Bank is in the eye of the beholder—not just how it’s going, but even what it is. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has [...]