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Evaluations in Time of Crisis: What Have We Learned in the Past Two Years

Image Credit: EBRD September 7, 2022/EBRD The 2022 Asian Evaluation Week (AEW) will be held virtually on 13-15 September 2022. The AEW is a leading evaluation knowledge sharing platform in the Asia and Pacific region, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, PRC through the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute […]

How Debt-for Climate Swap Offers Relief to Nigeria, Africa’s Debt Burden-Osinbajo

*VP’s ideas exciting, fresh thinking, says USAID Administrator September 5, 2022/OVP If and when Nigeria’s idea for a Debt-For-Climate Swap deal, tabled last week in the US at different forums and events including at the White House by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is widely accepted, the Federal Government would […]

World GDP Fell While Inflation Rose Even Further in 2Q22

September 2, 2022/Fitch Ratings The world economy saw an unusual combination of falling GDP set against high and rising inflation in 2Q22 as supply-shocks and ongoing pandemic related disruptions blighted the recovery, says Fitch Ratings. Falling activity and rapidly rising prices in 2Q22 highlight the risks of a stagflation environment […]