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    Top development finance stories of 2014

    From the Ebola outbreak to the Ukraine crisis, few expected the scale, complexity and sheer number of development challenges that would confront the donor community over the past year. Devex recaps and analyzes the 10 biggest development finance stories of 2014.

    By Lorenzo Piccio // 19 December 2014

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    Back in January, we posed several critical questions for development business in 2014. Would the new conservative government in Australia keep its pre-election commitment to further boost aid spending? How far would the European Union go in slashing aid to middle-income countries? Would U.S. President Barack Obama’s ambitious aid reform agenda really stick?

    Devex reporters and analysts have been digging not just into these pressing questions, but also examining how donors have responded to the many unexpected and often complex development challenges that have emerged over the past year.

    Here’s a recap of the 10 biggest development finance stories of 2014.

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    • Lorenzo Piccio

      Lorenzo Piccio@lorenzopiccio

      Lorenzo is a former contributing analyst for Devex. Previously Devex's senior analyst for development finance in Manila.

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