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Devex Invested: Summing up Sevilla, and how to lose a million euros

Devex Invested: Summing up Sevilla, and how to lose a million euros

A summary of the outcomes and expert analyses from the Financing for Development conference. Plus, a look at how the European Commission lost nearly €1 million.

Devex Newswire: IMF austerity criticized for gutting Africa’s public services

Devex Newswire: IMF austerity criticized for gutting Africa’s public services

Six African countries are spending more on debt servicing than on their health and education systems. Plus, how far jobs at the U.N. have fallen — and where some are left.

Opinion: In Sevilla, a moment to bridge the development finance chasm

Opinion: In Sevilla, a moment to bridge the development finance chasm

How European DFIs can play a key role in connecting private finance and emerging markets.

How Africa’s schools and hospitals are paying the price of IMF austerity

How Africa’s schools and hospitals are paying the price of IMF austerity

Across Africa, schools and hospitals are under pressure. Debt repayments are eating into national budgets, leaving classrooms overcrowded and clinics underfunded.

Defining a decade: What to expect from Financing for Development

Defining a decade: What to expect from Financing for Development

As FfD4 begins in Sevilla, a hard-won agreement sets the stage — but questions over financing and follow-through linger.

Devex Newswire: Afreximbank downgrade fuels MDB identity crisis

Devex Newswire: Afreximbank downgrade fuels MDB identity crisis

The African Export-Import Bank rating downgrade to BBB- puts spotlight on small development banks; the World Bank’s new nuclear partnership with IAEA; and the latest German aid cuts.

Afreximbank ratings clash puts spotlight on small development banks

Afreximbank ratings clash puts spotlight on small development banks

The clash is exposing gaps in how the global system defines and deals with smaller, emerging multilateral lenders during sovereign debt restructurings.

Opinion: Debt swaps can play key role in tackling the development crisis

Opinion: Debt swaps can play key role in tackling the development crisis

The use of debt swaps, which is on the rise, can unlock long-term development funding and reduce debt burdens in lower- and middle-income countries.

Devex Newswire: Vatican endorses action plan for global debt relief

Devex Newswire: Vatican endorses action plan for global debt relief

The Vatican backs reforms to alleviate crushing global debt. Plus, WHO recommends high tobacco taxes — so why isn’t it happening?

Devex Invested: In Sevilla, the heat is on to get development finance back on track

Devex Invested: In Sevilla, the heat is on to get development finance back on track

As temperatures soar in Sevilla, global leaders gear up for the fourth Financing for Development conference amid deep divides and stalled promises from the last decade. Plus, what trouble in Bonn means for Belém.

New Vatican-backed push for debt cancellation gains steam

New Vatican-backed push for debt cancellation gains steam

The Jubilee Report comes just over a week before the world gathers to discuss financing for development in Sevilla, Spain.

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