When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers

Photo: shplendid | Flickr Creative Commons Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating…

Mark Moseley |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

Managing PPP risks with a new guide on guarantees

Just two years ago, Ghana was experiencing unstable commodity prices and a deteriorating macroeconomic situation. Yet, through a unique combination of World Bank guarantees nearly $8 billion in…

Victoria Rigby Delmon, Jenny Chao |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Competitiveness

Supply meets demand: Chinese infrastructure financing in Africa

China is emerging as a major financer of infrastructure projects in Africa, as documented in Building Bridges, a report released this week by the World Bank.  This is a very welcome development…

David Dollar |
Energy, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Urban Development