May 17
Africa: The World Bank Wants to Change the Way It Manages Complaints - the Fixes That Could Make It Better
The World Bank made history in 1994 by creating the Inspection Panel, the first independent accountability mechanism at any international organisation. Its function is to… Read more »
January 24
Tanzania: Edwin Mtei, Tanzania's First Central Bank Governor, Left Lessons On Leadership
Edwin Mtei, who passed away on 20 January 2026, was the first governor of Tanzania's Central Bank after independence from Britain. Read more »
November 03, 2025
Africa: African Countries Need Strong Development Banks - How They Can Push Back Against Narrative to Weaken Them
A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa's ability to finance its own development. Read more »
October 01, 2025
Africa: Dams for Development? Unpacking Tensions in the World Bank's Hydropower Policies
Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank's approach to development for many decades. From the bank's early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such… Read more »
September 07, 2025
Kenya: Kenya Has Introduced New Banking Policies. an Economist Weighs Them Up
The Central Bank of Kenya has made two significant changes in the country's banking sector. The first is to lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new banks. Second is to raise… Read more »
June 27, 2025
Africa: Africa's Development Banks Are Being Undermined - the Continent Will Pay the Price
Ghana and Zambia's official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the… Read more »
