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Perspective
19 July 2024

Guarantees: Are MDBs going to get their ducks in a row?

Clara Browne-Amorim
Clara Browne-Amorim
Reporter at Uxolo
In:
Finance and other
Region:
Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
Guarantees demonstrably catalyse private capital mobilisation in emerging markets. So why do MDBs use them so sparingly? The problem is institutional incompatibility.

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