International Network for Economics and Conflict

This brief from CGD outlines how to implement a results-based approach in a way consistent with the World Bank's recent experience with results-based disbursement, including its approval of the new Program for Results (PforR) instrument.

This brief from CGD outlines how to implement a results-based approach in a way consistent with The World Bank’s recent experience with results-based disbursement.

Private sector lending by international financial institutions (IFIs) is soaring. Guillermo Perry finds it’s a mixed bag and suggests improvements, including more support to small and medium firms and avoidance of procyclical lending.

Guillermo Perry assesses whether arguments in favor of MDB direct support for private enterprises are valid and whether MDBs are living up to priorities coherent with such arguments and finds that they do so only partially.

This is a primer on food security and gender, put out by Gender Action.

This report suggests ways in which IFIs can improve their role in the extractives sector by giving greater support to sub-national governments in managing extractive industry risks and revenues and by drawing lessons from recent experiences in Peru.