By Avinash Persaud
June 19, 2023
How to unblock green investment in developing countries
Developing-country governments cannot fund the green transformation to the scale or pace the world needs – but allaying currency risk fears could change the game.
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Spring 2022 - Sovereign Debt Architecture, Suspended
A Manifesto for Going from Billions to Trillions in Climate Finance Now: Some Highlights of the Bridgetown Initiative
Avinash Persaud, Gresham College in the UK
The geography of the political economy is why climate mitigation is not happening fast enough. A coalition has developed five integrated “asks” as part of the broader 'Bridgetown Initiative’ unveiled by Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados in September. They will deliver more change to the debt, aid, and funding architecture than we have seen in a lifetime.
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Spring 2022
Sovereign Debt Architecture, Suspended
Guest editors: Anna Gelpern and Stephen Park
Contributors: Daniel Bradlow, Aitor Erce, Kevin Gallagher, James Gathii, Rosa Lastra, Odette Lienau, Layna Mosley and Peter Rosendorff, Stephen Nelson, Juan Flores Zendejas, Ugo Panizza, Avinash Persaud, Mark Weidemaier and Mitu Gulati, Elya Zhang
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