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Obi Ezekwesili, Kalidou Gadio & Agnes Kalibata

The African Development Bank’s shareholders must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or retreat to classical project lending.

29 MAY 2025

African Development Bank at 60: Time to reclaim the zeal of its visionary reformers

The bank’s shareholders, African and non-African alike, must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional…

Obi Ezekwesili, Kalidou Gadio & Agnes Kalibata

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