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Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
The biggest issues at COP27 involve financing for low-income countries hit hard by climate change. A former World Bank official describes some promising signs she’s starting to see.
Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.
The damage from storms, droughts and sea level rise is in the news almost daily. Some money is flowing to help poor countries, but what isn’t clear is how much impact the funds are having.
African countries can’t afford to tread water waiting for the global multilateral and private financing system to become more equitable.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Chief Research Officer: Climate and Development - Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
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Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
