Memo
Oct 10, 2022
Where is the DFC’s clean energy pipeline in Africa?
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Memo
Aug 28, 2023
Does the DFC’s Portfolio Match Its Development Mandate?
BLUF: DFC’s portfolio is increasingly skewed toward richer markets in direct contradiction to its original development mandate and congressional intent. The trend is a result of external pressures placed on the agency plus internal limitations that Congress can mitigate in future reauthorization.
Blog
Jun 30, 2021
How Congress is turning DFC into an agency serving Poland and Israel but not Senegal or Ghana
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the $60 billion agency that’s supposed to catalyze investment to…
Memo
Mar 03, 2022
What can we learn from the DFC’s 2021 energy project approvals?
Blog
Jun 10, 2020
Is Nuclear Power Pro-Development? Six reasons why the DFC should lift its ban
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is considering a change to its current ban on financing projects with…
Blog
Sep 16, 2020
How the DFC’s New Energy Investments in Mozambique Show the Agency’s Balanced Approach
Originally appeared in a Center for Global Development post, September 16, 2020 In its latest batch of investments…
Memo
Feb 23, 2022
Where should the DFC look for future nuclear deals?
Blog
Sep 27, 2021
The DFC, World Bank, and how a nuanced compromise on gas financing for poor countries could quietly become a blanket ban (hint: ask the Kosovars)
The debate over whether development finance should be allowed for downstream gas projects appears to be settling toward…
Media Coverage
May 17, 2022
Devex
DFC faces China forced-labor challenges with solar investments →
Op-Eds
May 05, 2022
Where are Africa’s Clean Energy Projects? A proactive agenda for the US Government
BLUF: The USG wants to fund as many new clean energy projects in Africa as possible, but the…
Impact Story
Jul 01, 2020
US Development Finance Corporation Lifts Ban on Nuclear Projects, Expands Low Carbon Energy Options
Impact Story
Oct 01, 2018
New US Development Finance Corporation Created By Congress, Boost to Global Infrastructure Investment
Blog
Apr 27, 2023
What’s happening with USG support for African power plants? These 5 charts explain.
Op-Eds
May 28, 2021
U.S. Push for a Global Clean Energy Transition Can Start in Africa
Originally appeared in a Council on Foreign Relations post, May 28, 2021. The new U.S. Climate Finance Plan…
project
Apr 19, 2023