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January 22, 2024

Economics
An SDR-Linked Bond Can Strengthen the Finances of the World Bank Group

SDR-denominated bonds have the potential to significantly strengthen the balance sheet of both the IBRD (The World Bank) and IDA, freeing up cash and helping both institutions deliver on their mandat…

An SDR-Linked Bond Can Strengthen the Finances of the World Bank Group

March 4, 2021

Global
The President's Inbox Episodes by Topic

A comprehensive list of each episode of The President's Inbox organized by topic. 

Resolute desk

May 30, 2023

Australia
Review of Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear

In Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear, James Curran charts Australia's fluctuating policy toward China.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in front of Australian and Chines flags.

June 1, 2023

Economics
Using an SDR Bond Creatively to Boost Concessional and Climate Finance

Combining an SDR with budget funding is the most efficient way to stretch budgeted dollars (and euros) and increased the global supply of concessional financing. 

A worker walks between solar panels at Centragrid power plant in Nyabira, Zimbabwe.

June 30, 2020

China
As Africa Faces COVID-19, Chinese Debt Relief is a Welcome Development

Stephen Paduano is the executive director of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission and a doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics, where he studies African political economy with an emph…

President Xi Jinping of China claps and smiles in a dark gray suit with a maroon tie and white shirt. Behind him are national flags on vertical flag polls. The Chinese flag is front and center. It is flanked by the flags of South Africa and Botswana to the left, and of Algeria, Benin, and Burkina Faso to the right.