Anissa Bougrea

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  • MDB Reform for Climate Adaptation: T20 / G20 Policy Brief

    Multilateral Development Banks are under growing pressure to expand climate finance, especially for adaptation — yet the structural barriers embedded in their lending models, data systems, and risk frameworks continue to limit meaningful progress. As part of the Think20 (T20) process under the South Africa G20 Presidency, Nicolas Gate and I contributed a policy brief

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  • Not All Capital Is Equal: Why Context and Modality Should Guide Finance

    As the world prepares for the 4th UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, I wanted to share a few reflections I brought into recent discussions on Belgium’s positioning. We know that efforts to mobilise private finance for development have underdelivered. What’s less often discussed is why. After years of ambitious targets, donor

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  • The Reversal of Financial Flows and the Limits of the Global Financial Architecture

    In 2023, the global financial system witnessed a striking reversal. For the first time in over a decade, lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experienced negative net financial flows on external debt, amounting to -$7 billion. The reversal of financial flows from lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to developed countries, is a moment of reckoning for

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  • Monthly finance template

    Hi all, welcome! As an academic, this is not my usual content. However, using my website was the most convenient way to share my highly requested, extremely simple, free Excel Template to help you take control of your finances. I have used a semi-fictional overview of expenses for it to make more sense. You can

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