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20 Oct 2022
Economic diplomacy: The IMF faces a US$ reality check
The Bretton Woods institutions may face existential challenges from the decoupling of the United States and China. -
6 Oct 2022
Economic diplomacy: Time for transparency on aid reform
A new study reveals difficult trade-offs between development spending on governance and the decline of democracy. -
4 Oct 2022
Building a better development finance institution: Australia’s opportunity
Canberra can learn a lot about risk appetite and the culture of financing from those already in the space. -
23 Sep 2022
Six reasons to be cautious about Australia establishing a DFI
As soon as public money is on the table, there will be a line of players looking to “clip the ticket”. -
3 Jun 2022
Labor should create a “Regional Carbon Bank” for ASEAN and the Pacific
An urgent demand for clean electricity infrastructure requires needs a dedicated, multilateral agency in support. -
4 Dec 2020
Jim Wolfensohn’s knowledge bank
Impatient and ambitious, as World Bank president the Australian-turned-American tackled a global “cancer of corruption”. -
4 May 2020
Covid-19 and development banks in Asia
Covid-19 has challenged fears, or hopes, the AIIB would supplant the World Bank and ADB as the development bank in Asia. -
28 Nov 2019
The new development banks: Paradigm shift or poor imitation?
The multilateral development banks set up by China and the BRICS countries have evolved quickly from concept to reality. -
25 Oct 2017
The future role of international financial institutions
The international financial system is significantly different to the one that existed when the IMF and World Bank were established. -
27 Sep 2017
The Asian Development Bank's unfinished business
There is clearly a need to for the ADB consider new approaches. But the huge amount of unfinished work across Asia should remain a priority as well. -
15 Sep 2017
The Asian Development Bank at 50: A spent force?
The Asian Development Bank was once an indispensible institution and should seek to be so again. -
15 Mar 2017
Is the AIIB still ‘lean, clean and green’?
It's a good moment to ask whether the AIIB is holding true to the most central and repeated claim that the bank will be 'lean, clean and green'. -
8 Dec 2016
The future of the AIIB is bigger than Australian coal
If Australian support for the AIIB is so driven by coal exports, the government's commitment to sustainable regional development should be questioned.