MDB callable capital: What's next?

Clara Browne-Amorim

Reporter at Uxolo

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Finance and other

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Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

After a year's research, ODI has released six papers detailing the legal, policy, budgetary, stress, risk, and financial implications of MDB callable capital – research that was almost immediately complemented by statements from every major MDB. Now the results are here, there are a number of changes they could catalyse.

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