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Power of Ideas | Global Conference 2024
About the 2024 Power of Ideas Global Conference Collection
In this Power of Ideas collection,
Global Conference speakers share thei
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Power of Ideas - Asia Summit 2023
About the 2023 Power of Ideas Asia Summit Collection
In this collection of Power of Ideas essays, A
sia Summit speakers share how they face complexity and opportunit
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Capital Markets in Rwanda: Assessment and Aspirations
In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning mandated the Capital Market Authorit
y (CMA) of Rwanda to develop a Capital-Market Master Plan (CMMP). This plan will set the CMA’s policy strategy for the next 10 years.
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Can Stock Exchanges Support the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Lessons from India, South Africa, and Jamaica
Despite their importance in creating private-sector jobs and diversifying economies, small to mediu
m-sized enterprises (SMEs) often struggle to access adequate finance.
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Financing the Control of Tuberculosis
As of 2015, roughly one third of the world’s population, mostly in poorer countries, carried tuberc
ulosis bacteria in their system. Given the characteristics of airborne diseases like tuberculosis, coordination among national and international age
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From Recovery to Resilience: How Opportunity Zones Can Help Accelerate Post-COVID Economic Resurgence
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to all economies. However, pandemics hit
underserved and vulnerable populations the hardest, and now the crisis will exacerbate their need for capital.
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Framing the Issues: Building Securitization Markets in Africa to Advance the SDGs
Despite their promise, securitization markets are under-developed in many developing and emerging m
arket countries, including across the continent of Africa, where the SDG financing gap is the widest.
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Innovative Financing for Global Health R&D
Because the eradication of diseases like tuberculosis and malaria would have a dramatic impact on e
merging economies, investors in these countries including multinational aid providers, foundations, corporations and institutional funds sought to work to
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Innovative Financing Models for Energy Infrastructure in Africa
As of 2014, the infrastructure needs of Sub-Saharan Africa were expected to exceed US$93B annually
over 10 years.
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Common Capital Market Infrastructure for East Africa: Options for the Way Forward
Growth in capital markets in the East African Community (EAC) has not kept up with the pace of econ
omic growth.
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Innovative Finance to Address Africa’s Infrastructure Needs
As of 2015, African state governments had financed infrastructure development on their balance shee
ts alone, resulting in slower progress constrained by budgetary restrictions. In many regions across the African continent, the poor state of infrast
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Do You Own Your Home—or Does Your Mortgage Own You?
Since the financial crisis, lenders and borrowers have shown greater appreciation for the risks in
highly leveraged mortgage lending. The federal government has not.
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